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Jewlike

Jewlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a Jew, especially (derogatory) the stereotype of a profiteering miser.

Adjective

Jewlike (comparative more Jewlike, superlative most Jewlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a Jew, especially (derogatory) the stereotype of a profiteering miser.
    • His charges are ten dollars for best Wellington boots; there are a number of native workmen, who sell, Jewlike, for just such prices as they can...1838, John Steuart, Bogotá in 1836-7
    • Markoff, it appeared, said Radnor, "nosing around, Jewlike, to find some stuff that people would buy," had discovered, in London, a thirst for brewing...1906, Frederic Jesup Stimson, In Cure of Her Soul

Forms of Jewlike

comparativemore Jewlike
superlativemost Jewlike

Origin of Jewlike

From Jew + -like.

Questions about Jewlike

What does Jewlike mean?
Jewlike means resembling or characteristic of a Jew, especially (derogatory) the stereotype of a profiteering miser.
What part of speech is Jewlike?
Jewlike is an adjective.

Words near Jewlike in the dictionary

  1. Jewlattos
  2. Jewlensky
  3. jewlery
  4. Jewless
  5. Jewlessness
  6. Jewlike
  7. Jewling
  8. Jewlings
  9. jewlover
  10. jewlovers
  11. Jewlywood

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