yiddo
UK/ˈjɪd.əʊ/US/ˈjɪd.oʊ/
yiddo is the alternative letter-case form of Yiddo.
Noun capitalized: Yiddo
Yiddo (plural Yiddos)
- A Jew.
- Dave, ’e’s a nutter in school. ’E used to go to exams, get a big quiet hall, real quiet like with a right strict teacher there in the exam room and ’e used to see all the yiddos there doing their exam and Dave is trying to copy off ’em and then the teacher’d say “I have got to be back at school...1972, Pat Doyle et al., quoting a member of the Collinwood gang, “Schools”, in Susie Daniel, Pete McGuire, editors, The Paint House: Words from an East End Gang, Harmondsworth, Greater London...
- And down at Tottenham Hotspur - where the fans were once largely of Jewish origin and the thickheads have labelled Spurs as the “yiddos” - the term has been accepted by football fans who are appearing on the terraces with all the NF [National Front] and swastika drag plus the Jewish skullcap (to...1982 June–July, “BM [British Movement]”, in Black Flag: Organ of the Anarchist Black Cross, volume VI, number 12, Sanday, Orkney: Black Flag, →OCLC, page 6, column 4
- A supporter of Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Forms of yiddo
| plural | yiddos |
|---|---|
| plural | Yiddos |
| alternative form | yiddo |
Origin of yiddo
From Yid + -o. In sense 2, the derogatory term for Jews being applied due to the large historical Jewish support for the team.
Words that rhyme with yiddo
Questions about yiddo
- What does yiddo mean?
- Yiddo means a Jew.
- What is yiddo the alternative letter-case form of?
- Yiddo is the alternative letter-case form of Yiddo.
- What part of speech is yiddo?
- Yiddo is a noun.
- How do you pronounce yiddo?
- Yiddo is pronounced /ˈjɪd.əʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of yiddo?
- The plural of yiddo is yiddos.
Words near yiddo in the dictionary
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