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oven dodger

oven dodger noun: a Jewish person.

Noun

oven dodger (plural oven dodgers)

  1. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) A Jewish person.
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Forms of oven dodger

pluraloven dodgers
alternative formoven-dodger

Origin of oven dodger

In reference to the cremation of Jews during the Holocaust, suggesting that the Jews alive today are those who avoided being killed in the Holocaust, or their descendants.

Questions about oven dodger

What does oven dodger mean?
Oven dodger means a Jewish person.
What part of speech is oven dodger?
Oven dodger is a noun.
What is the plural of oven dodger?
The plural of oven dodger is oven dodgers.

Words near oven dodger in the dictionary

  1. oven breads
  2. oven chip
  3. oven chips
  4. oven dish
  5. oven dishes
  6. oven dodger
  7. oven dodgers
  8. oven glove
  9. oven gloves
  10. oven magnet
  11. oven magnets

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