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ˈYiddisher, n. and a.
Also yiddisher, † Yidisher.
[ad. G. Jüdischer Jew.]
A. n. A Jew. Also transf. (cf. Jew n. 2).
1859Matsell Vocabulum 97 Yidisher, a Jew. 1890Barrère & Leland Dict. Slang. 1896E. Turner Little Larrikin xxiv. 292 But why..that agent..refused to take the premium..beats me..for he's more than a bit of a yiddisher. 1931R. Campbell Georgiad iii. 62 Doctors much to praise in it can see And with the ancient Yiddishers agree. 1933L. Golding Magnolia Street i. iii. 59 Can't he mind his own business, now..he's got hold of a stinking Yiddisher? 1976Publishers Weekly 19 Apr. 81/3 With yiddishers, reasonableness and gentle satire, Vorspan..sets out to convince you that a bit of suffering is good for you.
B. adj. Also Yiddische, etc. [ad. G. jüdische (inflectional form of jüdisch).]
1892I. Zangwill Childr. of Ghetto I. iii. 94 At least, she would have starved in a Yiddishë country, not in a land of heathens. 1898A. M. Binstead Pink 'Un & Pelican xii. 276 One very enquiring Yiddisher youth stood munching a shoot of celery. 1925J. Yellen (song-title) My Yiddishe Momma. 1961P. De Vries Through Fields of Clover i. 27 Jokes about hot pastrami... To say nothing of Yiddisher Mamas. 1965D. S. Davis Pale Betrayer iv. 52 I'm a real Yiddishe mama. 1971C. Fick Danziger Transcript 177, I laughed like a Yiddische baby. 1973Jewish Chron. 18 May 15/3 A Clever Yiddisher boy working next door, heard strange noises. 1976R. Sanders in D. Villiers Next Year in Jerusalem 198 The young Irving Berlin composed both Italian and Yiddisha pastiche. 1979Guardian 22 Mar. 9/1 In Israel..plangent Yiddischer mammas are passé. |