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Yiddisher

British

/ ˈjɪdɪʃə /

adjective

in or relating to Yiddish
Jewish

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

a speaker of Yiddish; Jew

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It was an uncomfortable experience for “a young fellow, still a rough Yiddisher boy from the Bronx, and a proletarian too”.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 15, 2019

"Why, that's a great friend from Borrochson's, a feller by the name Rubin what is one of the actors by the Yiddisher theayter."

From The Competitive Nephew by Montague Glass

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