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Jew down
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jew down
English
Verb
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en US offensive en jew down.
1877, John Habberton, Some folks, K. Grädener, page 104:
" who should come along this mornin' but one of those same holy people, and Jewed me down on pay that the Lord knows is hard enough to live on."
1906, Thomas Beyer, The American Battleship in Commission as Seen by an Enlisted Man: Also Many Man-o'-war Yarns, Army and Navy Register, page 202:
Incidentally they ask a price much higher than it is worth; they expect to be Jewed down.
2005, Michael Boloker, A Journey West, iUniverse, 0595357709, page 204:
" I don't want to get Jewed down, you know. I'm sure you'll take care of me?"
Usage notes
This term is considered offensive; see the usage notes for en jew down.