tr.v. Offensive, jewed, jew·ing, jews.
- To bargain shrewdly or unfairly with. Often used with down.
- To haggle so as to reduce (a price). Often used with down.
[From Jews' supposedly extortionate practices as moneylenders in the Middle Ages.]
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tr.v. Offensive, jewed, jew·ing, jews.
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- Lueger, Karl (Quotes By)
- Zidek (family name)
- Jewish (Jews)
- Vaniah (in the Old Testament)
- hebrew
- judean
- goy
- Apollos (in the New Testament)
- Schmaus (family name)
- Tradescantia fluminens
- wandering
- tradescantia
- Wandering Jew (Jew of medieval legend)
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