Yiddisher
Britishadjective
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in or relating to Yiddish
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Jewish
noun
Example Sentences
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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
Now that Mrs. Meir has written her memoirs, this image of the Yiddisher mama as world figure�"I, Golda Meir, from Pinsk, Milwaukee and Tel Aviv"�dominates.
From Time Magazine Archive
His mother is a nightmare Yiddisher mama, a shrieking, swooping, loony harridan who plies her son with brimming trays full of food.
From Time Magazine Archive
Meg is a blow-up of a caricature, a manic Yiddisher Momma.
From Time Magazine Archive
Shouts of "Gideon," "Berney's Yiddisher," "Jew-beak," "Back to Joppa you dirty Jew-ew," and lastly a great roar of "Stone the dirty Semite" had been heard.
From Project Gutenberg
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