Conform planning-ului Profi Aiud –mag 54 are livrare astazi Comanda e introdusa cu livrare astazi

salut
sun prof de sport intrun club sportiv - ma ocup de atletism - si tare miar prinde bine o experienta ca a dumneavoastra sa invat mai intai engleza de pe orice cum ati invatato dumneavoastra de pe cutiile de cereale in supermarketul la care ati lucrat si dupa aia sa pot sa ajung un antrenor binenteles icepand cu asistent la un antrenor cu suflet pentru ARTA de a creste si descoperi talente sportive -
Pe aici eu glumesc cum de altfel glumeste si un coleg de al meu de la tenis ca el va ajunge la roland gaross cu un sportiv de la noi din oras dar este evident ca la conditiile mijloacelor de a face sport la noi in oras putin probabil sa ajungi la o asemenea performanta - eu cum ziceam glumesc dar intro zi as vrea ca gluma mea de a ajunge odata ca un elev de al meu sa ajunga sa vad mare pe o tabela a unei arene de ATLETISM scris RECORD MONDIAL- ( bine inteles dupa taiere rec. actuale care sunt facute cu chimicale cum toata viata are tendinta lumea asta sa devina)
Sau eu stiu, poate ca gluma me nu poate fi realizabila - sa pot eu oare sa mai plec din tara lui PAPURA ADRIA - VODA la 30 de ani ai mei - nu este prea tarziu?
Va rog frumos sa ma scuzati si cu comentariul meu prea lung si cu unele greseli de ortografie pe care sunt sigur le-am strecurat in comentariu
Cu stima - admiratie - si mult RESPECT
prof. antr. ION FLORIN Club sportiv scolar SLOBOZIA - IALOMITA sectia ATLETISM e-mail johnson_prof@yahoo.com

Diaspora in direct
"Fiindca sunt muncitori si inteligenti, romanii din America au un mare succes"
-interviu cu prof. dr. ing. Doru Stefanescu de la Universitatea din Alabama - SUA

Fugit din Romania in 1980, la varsta de 38 de ani, pentru ca se simtea "un fir de nisip intr-o moara care macina tot", prof. dr. ing. Doru Stefanescu ajunge in America, visul oricarui roman. Cunoscut deja in Lumea Noua pentru lucrarile prezentate la congrese internationale in domeniul metalurgiei, prof. Stefanescu n-a asteptat prea mult: dupa doua saptamani, i s-a ivit un angajament. De-aici si pana la colaborarea cu NASA n-a fost decat povestea unui om care a vrut sa invinga.

-Domnule profesor Stefanescu, ati plecat din Romania cu directia fixata pe America?
-Da, pentru ca aveam o invitatie ca sa prezint o lucrare la un congres american. Totusi, nu doream neaparat sa raman in SUA, pentru ca nu plecam undeva anume, ci plecam de undeva. Am plecat cu sotia mea (ne lasasem fetita acasa, cu parintii mei). Printr-un prieten resitean, am cunoscut un contrabandist in Iugoslavia, care ne-a rezolvat problema banilor, dar ne-a si invatat cand sa luam avionul spre America (era pe-atunci un tratat intre Romania si Iugoslavia, de a-i intoarce pe cei care trec ilegal frontiera, dar mai era o conventie cu americanii, prin care oamenii erau lasati sa treaca). Pe aeroport, granicerul iugoslav ne-a cerut pasapoartele, a vazut ca-s romanesti si ni le-a inapoiat, fara a le deschide macar, ca sa le stampileze. Conform actelor, deci n-am parasit nici pana azi Iugoslavia... Asa am ajuns in America si imediat ce-am ajuns, am telefonat celor care ma invitasera la congres, si le-am spus ca intentionez sa raman aici. Mi-au spus ca va dura cateva luni pana voi gasi de lucru (in 1980, si America era in criza). Dar dupa numai doua saptamani, am primit un telefon de la Universitatea din Wisconsin, care mi-a oferit pozitia de visiting profesor: cu bani putini, dar suficienti pentru a trai in conditii mai bune decat cele pe care le aveam in Romania (de fapt, din acei bani am putut sa-mi iau masina). Cea mai grea faza, in America, atunci cand incerci sa gasesti de lucru, este primul serviciu, caci nimeni nu stie in ce masura cunosti limba, ce experienta ai, daca intelegi modul cum functioneaza societatea, sistemul de lucru. Noroc ca americanii sunt, in general, foarte generosi cu strainii. Daca vorbesti putin engleza, iti declara imediat ca vorbesti perfect. Sosisem cu doua geamantane doar si, peste putin timp, s-au gasit oameni care ne aduceau paturi, farfurii, linguri. Ospitalitatea romaneasca, e adevarat, pare inegalabila: daca-ti vine un strain in casa, ii dai patul tau; in America, nu-ti da patul sau nimeni, iti da insa alt pat.

Cand am inceput lucrul, am fost foarte ponderat, constient ca ma aflu intr-o societate noua, extrem de competitiva si unde trebuie sa invat regulile. Mi-am vazut de treaba. Dupa cateva luni, am inteles cum functioneaza sistemul si-am putut sa fiu mai agresiv, lucru foarte pozitiv in America, asta insemnand abilitatea de a-ti urmari scopurile profesionale.
-Cum ati ajuns sa colaborati cu NASA?
-In prezent, functionez ca profesor la Universitatea din Alabama, o universitate de stat, a treia ca vechime din SUA (dateaza din 1831), dar asta nu ma impiedica sa am si colaborari. Colaborez cu NASA din 1981, cand am avut primul contact cu ei, realizat -cum spun americanii: "you pour yourself, but your bootstraps" (adica, te ridici prin propriile-ti forte). Foarte importanta -in sistemul american -este credibilitatea, prestigiul pe care-l ai, atunci cand promiti un lucru. Daca dai gres o data -este-n regula, dar daca dai gres de doua ori -nimeni nu mai are incredere si nu-ti mai da bani. Astfel, mi-am format reputatia ca-mi indeplinesc obligatiile.

Cu NASA, am avut ocazia sa initiez doua experiente. Sunt ceea ce se cheama "NASA Principal Investigator" -un titlu pe care-l obtii atunci cand o experienta propusa este acceptata pentru zbor. Am participat la doua zboruri: in iunie-iulie 1986 si anul trecut, in noiembrie (cand am discutat cu astronautii prin intermediul televiziunii). Fascinant e ca atunci cand experimentul a fost aprobat pentru spatiu, succesul misiunii depinde de participarea a sute de oameni. Efortul este coplesitor, iar succesul implica responsabilitate.
-Domnule Stefanescu, in Occident este obiceiul ca profesorilor universitari sa li se acorde o data la 7 ani un an liber, asa-numitul "an sabatic". Dv. ati beneficiat de acest lucru?
-Da, am avut un an sabatic in 1994, pe care mi l-am petrecut in Franta, la Nancy, unde am lucrat, iar pe copii i-am inscris la scoala. Anul sabatic dureaza, de fapt, sase luni, perioada pe care universitatea ti-o plateste integral.
-Cum arata o zi din viata dv.?
-Depinde. Circul destul de mult, deoarece -ca sa ai o activitate de cercetare -trebuie sa existi din punct de vedere stiintific, prin prelegerile pe care le tii. Ca si tenismenii profesionisti, avem turnee, ne mutam din oras in oras, tot la o luna-doua, ca sa nu ne uite lumea. In schimb, daca sunt la universitate, imi place sa fiu la ora 8 la lucru, pentru ca, de fapt, acolo nu este un program fix. Nu intereseaza pe nimeni prezenta fizica. Daca stai acasa si obtii rezultate, asta-i foarte bine. Avem asa-zisa politica a "usii deschise", iar usa mea este intotdeauna deschisa dialogului cu studentii. Predau semestrial 1-2 cursuri, pe care mi le pregatesc cu minutiozitate.
- Sunt multi romani valorosi in America?
-Romanii care sunt in America, pentru ca-s muncitori si-n general inteligenti, au un mare succes. Problema nu e romanul, ci sistemul. Cand romanul intra intr-un sistem in care se poate valorifica, se valorifica. Am avut studenti romani care au venit in America in ideea ca vor invata si se vor intoarce, ajutand la promovarea stiintei romanesti. Ei bine, nu mai vor sa se intoarca. Nu este neaparat mirajul economic, ci conceptia: "daca ma duc acolo (Romania), nu pot sa fac ce fac aici (America)".
-Ce credeti despre dorinta tinerilor de a parasi Romania?
-Eu cred ca aceasta este o problema personala si sunt adeptul totalei independente individuale. Aceasta decizie este decizia fiecaruia dintre noi, si nu cred ca avem dreptul sa stabilim legi prin care sa dictam individului ce trebuie sa faca cu viata lui. Cred ca rolul politicienilor este de-a asigura un sistem care sa fie atractiv pentru tineri, altfel tinerii se vor duce acolo unde-si pot valorifica potentialul.
-Va asupreste o anume nostalgie a Romaniei?
-Tara ramane totdeauna in suflet. Este ca prima iubire -nu se poate uita. Este o senzatie stranie, intr-un fel, pentru ca emotiile sunt mixte: pe de-o parte ma simt ca si cum n-as fi plecat niciodata, pe de alta parte -ca si cum n-as fi fost aici niciodata...
-Cum incercati sa ajutati Romania?
-Initial, intentia mea a fost de-a aduce in America studenti, pentru a-i educa si a-i trimite inapoi. Aceasta metoda nu prea are succes: odata ajunsi acolo, au rezultate si nu se mai intorc. Va dau ca exemplu pe Laurentiu Nastac -un element foarte valoros, care lucreaza la o companie de cercetare in Pennsylvania, platita de Marina Americana. Lucreaza in domeniul superaliajelor -un domeniu de varf; alt exemplu este cel al lui Adrian Catalina -si el un bun specialist metalurg. Acum incerc sa le facilitez celor interesati in Romania, in domeniul solidificarii si turnarii metalelor, contacte cu specialisti straini, tocmai pentru a scoate Romania dintr-o anumita izolare in care se afla. In exterior nu se vorbeste de Romania, ca si cum n-ar exista. Nu va dati seama de aici, dar ea este data complet uitarii. Nu se vorbeste nici de rau, nici de bine despre ea. In America, foarte putina lume stie ca romanii vorbesc o limba latina. In general, conceptia este ca Romania se afla in sfera slava. Despre Romania ai putea scrie doar ca despre o curiozitate, iar aceasta curiozitate lipseste...
-Mai aveti timp pentru hobby-uri?
-Foarte putin, dar cel mai important hobby al meu este sailing-ul, adica iahting-ul, pentru ca barcile mari cu panze iti dau senzatia ca te poti duce oricand si oriunde in lume. Foarte frumos iti poti petrece timpul -cand il ai...

RUXANDRA CONSTANTINESCU



SB
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Moto:
Crede in cel ce cauta Adevarul,
Fereste-te de cel ce l-a gasit.
(A.Gide)

Un prof din liceu avea o vorba "o zi in care n-ai privit cerul e o zi pierduta". De multe ori cred ca e suficient atat, sa iti permiti ragazul sa privesti cateva clipe in sus. Nu zice nimeni ca trebuie sa iti pierzi viata in "contemplari", ci doar sa stii sa apreciezi tot ce iti este dat.

Uite ca eu am pornit subiectul si l-am si abandonat vreo doua zile, din lipsa de timp. Acum revin cu materialul promis. Pozitia mea este evident partizana, dar sper sa nu vi se para ca am sarit calul.

Imi cer scuze pentru lungimea textului.
Astept comentariile voastre.


CONSTRUIREA CATEDRALEI – TRIUMF ASUPA INCERCARILOR VEACURILOR

Desi au trecut 15 ani de la eliberarea de comunism, asistam cu mahnire la un scandal, la prima vedere absurd, declansat pe marginea a ceea ce ar trebui sa fie un motiv de armonie si infratire intre romani: inaltarea Catedralei Mantuirii Neamului.

Ideea Catedralei, aparuta dupa Razboiul de Independenta, a fost reluata in anii `20, dar greutatile, razboiul si apoi comunismul au impiedicat finalizarea proiectului. In ianuarie 1990 el a fost actualizat, crezandu-se - in sfarsit! - ca se poate materializa. Dupa ce initial a fost desemnat ca loc de amplasament (in bataie de joc) o intersectie din Piata Unirii, mai apoi (in 1997), pe considerente liturgice, istorice si culturale, o comisie a stabilit inaltarea Catedralei pe un fost teren al Patriarhiei. In Parcul Carol, acolo unde este acum (inca) Mausoleul eroilor comunisti.

In esenta, hotararea comisiei a fost motivata de faptul ca: se puteau respecta vechile randuieli canonice care cer asezarea bisericii pe loc inalt, ca simbol al aspiratiei de desavarsire; este locul cel mai apropiat de vatra seculara a Patriarhiei, putandu-se organiza lesne procesiuni; se va putea aduce pomenire asa cum se cuvine Eroului necunoscut (cinstit de inaintasi aici) prin Sfanta Liturghie si rugaciunile zilnice.

Mausoleul comunist a fost ridicat incepand din 1958, in perioada in care elita neamului romanesc putrezea in inchisori. Acest monument marcheaza de fapt, triumful - vremelnic din fericire -, al unei ideologii care a produs peste tot unde si-a intins aripile, moarte si nenorocire. De aceea, construirea Catedralei Neamului pe locul Mausoleului ar avea mai mult decat valoarea unui locas de cult nou. Aceasta Catedrala s-a dorit, in fapt, sa semnifice izbavirea neamului romanesc de incercarile veacurilor, trainicia si biruinta credintei crestine. Si daca asa a fost gandita ea atunci cand inca nu cunoscusem „binefacerile” comunismului, cu atat mai mult ridicarea sa azi, in 2004, i-ar spori valoarea de simbol.

Decizia de amplasare in parcul Carol – repetam, pe un fost teren al Patriarhiei! - starneste, din pacate, controverse si scandal, iar numeroase elemente ne fac sa ne indoim ca miza este spatiul verde - a carui distrugere se invoca.


Rezistenta „de constiinta”

In centrul „rezistentei civice” fata de construirea Catedralei se afla vechi dusmani ai Bisericii, precum Gabriel Andreescu, si asociatii civice necunoscute pana acum, infiintate probabil tocmai pentru acest scop, vezi „Solidaritatea pentru Libertatea de Constiinta”, condusa de dl Remus Cernea, asociata pe internet cu site-ul humanism.ro.

Aici firele incep sa se lege. Stim ce este cu adevarat umanismul, fara sa avem nevoie de definitiile ambalate in tipla de pe site-ul numit. Marele nostru ganditor Petre Tutea il definea astfel: „Umanismul e o ratacire a omului in Univers, care il inlocuieste - crede el - pe Dumnezeu”. E inlocuirea lui Dumnezeu cu omul, o auto-inchinare pe care si-o atribuie siesi, impotriva Creatorului sau. Dar care sunt comandamentele de capatai si roadele umanismului? Non-teismul, adica ateismul (traducerea libera a expresiei „libertate de constiinta”) si internationalismul. Roada internationalismului - comunismul insusi, regim odios care a facut zeci de milioane de victime si a mutilat spiritul atator popoare.

De aceea, nu e deloc de mirare aceasta atitudine a respectivei grupari umaniste galagioase, deoarece se inscrie in mod organic in mentalitatea, dar mai ales in ideologia sa. Desigur ca salvarea - pasami-te - a unui parc nu este decat un pretext ieftin.

Mergand mai departe, trebuie sa spunem ca noua constructie va inlocui simbolurile masonice care se gasesc din plin in constructia Mausoleului. Iata ce scria apreciatul jurnalist George Roncea in ziarul Ziua, in ianuarie 1999:

„Planul masonic al Bucurestilor

Proiectul de amplasare a bisericii in Parcul Carol a starnit o indarjita opozitie, mai ales din partea MLPAT, dar si din partea unor cercuri ostile in general fata de biserica si credinta. Parcul Carol are o semnificatie aparte, constituind un loc drag masoneriei. O serie de simboluri specifice sunt cuprinse in ansamblul arhitectonic al parcului Carol, dintre care cel mai pregnant este asa-zisul obelisc, creat pe profilul pentagramei si ridicat de guvernul comunist alaturi de osuarul in hemiciclu, care trebuia sa adaposteasca elita bolsevica. In mod cert nu s-a dorit (si nu se doreste nici acum, n. a.) ca aceste marci si simboluri ale comunismului sa fie aneantizate, sterse din memorie, prin ridicarea in locul lor a unei biserici. Confruntarea pe tema ridicarii Catedralei Mantuirii Neamului contine si un substrat de nivel simbolic, care exprima conflictul ireconciliabil dintre ocultele anticrestine, inca prezente in institutiile Romaniei, si Biserica, principalul inamic al acestora.”

Mai adaugam ca Biserica Ortodoxa Romana, prin Hotararea sa din 1937, adoptata in urma realizarii „Studiului asupra Francmasoneriei” al I.P.S. Mitropolit Dr. Nicolae Balan, s-a pronuntat clar impotriva masoneriei pentru ca: „propaga necredinta prin conceptia panteist-naturalista", „vrea sa se substituie crestinismului" si „submineaza ordinea sociala ". (A se citi / descarca integral de pe internet la http://odaia.go.ro/francmasoneria.html, a se vedea si articolul „Holocaustul culturii crestine” revista „Rost” nr. 1, http://www.romfest.org/rost/mar2003/holocaust.shtml )

Nu este greu sa intelegem, astfel, ca scopul SLC si al „umanistilor” nu este impotrivirea fata de constructia Catedralei IN Parcul Carol, ci fata de IDEEA inaltarii catedralei, indiferent in ce loc. „Protejarea parcului” este doar un pretext. Daca locul va fi schimbat, ei – sau altii – vor gasi motiv diferit de protest.

Cei care se opun proiectului au adus in discutie felurite argumente. Au cerut „crutarea” Mausoleului si transformarea lui in monument al...eroilor anti-comunisti, eventual stramutarea acolo a ramasitelor pamantesti ale unor „mari reprezentanti ai neamului”. E ca si cum militarii romani ar participa la execitiile NATO imbracati in uniformele de factura sovietica de dinainte de 1989. Sau, la Piata Presei, sa fi lasat statuia lui Lenin alaturi de steagul UE. Nu putem, in nici un fel, sa facem abstractie de simbolistica bolsevica cu care este impanat ansamblul arhitectural din Parcul Carol. N-avem cum sa-i inversam in minte semnificatia, si oricum ne indoim ca lui Iuliu Maniu ori Elisabetei Rizea – de exemplu - le-ar fi placut ideea sa se odihneasca pentru vesnicie intr-un asemenea loc.

In vremea construirii Mausoleului, se murea la Aiud, Gherla, Jilava, Pitesti, in chinuri, fara cruce si fara lumanare, iar de cele mai multe ori cei condamnatii savarsisera „crima” de a nu-si lepada credinta in Dumnezeu. Caruia din cei martirizati astfel, i-ar placea sa fie ingropat ACOLO?

S-a adus in discutie distrugerea parcului, a spatiilor verzi si a ambientului. Totusi, terenul afectat constructiei are o suprafata de 5,3 hectare, in vreme ce parcul intreg ocupa peste 35 hectare.

S-a incercat abordarea subiectului „banii nostri”. Spre ghinionul contestatarilor, aceasta a cazut din start, intrucat catedrala nu utilizeaza bani de la buget, ci din donatii. Ocazie, oricum, pentru ca donatorii sa fie luati in batjocura in anumite cercuri „progresiste” ca fiind prosti si inapoiati. Varful de lance al acestui curent, dl. Gabriel Andreescu (anticomunist convins, devenit peste noapte aparator al unui simbol al acestei perioade), a scris de curand in ziarul Ziua ca „investitia in Biserica nu este o investitie in civilizatie”. Asa este, domnule Andreescu, propunem sa nu se mai construiasca biserici niciodata, ci doar case de toleranta, carciumi si clinici de planning familial si avort, ca si asa s-au inmultit peste masura prostii de romani care nu va inteleg vizionarismul.

S-au facut si „sondaje” pe internet, ale caror rezultate sunt prezentate cu insistenta, desi nu trebuie sa fii sociolog ca sa stii ca asemenea metode dau rezultate eronate si de aceea sunt nule din punct de vedere al credibilitatii.


In loc de concluzie

„Solidaritatea pentru Libertatea de Constiinta” organizeaza manifestari „artistice” (ma rog, poate nu inteleg eu arta moderna) si lanturi umane in jurul Mausoleului. In regula, este DREPTUL lor. La randul nostru va invitam, pe toti cei care sunteti in acord cu cele scrise mai sus, in parcul Carol, peste trei luni, pentru a asista la punerea pietrei de temelie a Catedralei Mantuirii Neamului. Este OBLIGATIA noastra, a crestinilor dreptmaritori.

Sa nu ne lasam prada necazului si indoielii. Sa nu uitam ca Domnul vegheaza, si sa ne indreptam speranta catre El, care ne-a spus in Sfanta Sa Scriptura: „voi zidi Biserica Mea şi porţile iadului nu o vor birui.” (Mt. 16:18)

In decembrie 1989, romanii iesiti pe strada au strigat „Dumnezeu este cu noi”. Nu Buddha, nu Allah, nu Krishna, nu Omul, ci Dumnezeul parintilor si stramosilor nostri, la care ne rugam in biserici si pe care balaurul comunist a incercat – in van – sa il inghita. Acum, ne aflam in Anul Domnului 2004. Haideti sa punem punct epocii comuniste si sa sarbatorim triumful credintei si al Sfintei Cruci, luandu-ne la revedere de la Mausoleu si inaltand Catedrala: „adio, la groapa de gunoi a istoriei, calatorie sprancenata!”



Bogdan I. Stanciu
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de cand se traduce "jew" prin "jidan"(termen insultator)?

N-am intentionat sa jignesc pe nimeni si nu stiam ca "jidan" e un termen insultator; daca e imi cer scuze. Cum s-ar traduce atunci? --- ca n-am un dictionar englez-roman la indemina.

Dupa cite stiu eu: hebrew = evreu
israeli = israelian
jew = ? (eu credeam jidan---corectati-ma)
jewish = de religie ?

Citez mai jos pentru cei ce au timp sa citeasca din Oxford English Dictionary:

oed jew | more
Jew (d3(j)u:), sb. Forms: Sing. 3 Gyu, 4 Giu, Gyw, Iu, Iuu, Iuw(e, Ieu, Ieuu,
Ieu3, 4-5 Iwe, 4 (6 Sc.) Iow, 4-7 Iewe, 5 Ieue, 5-6 Iue, (Ive), 4-7 Iew, 7-
Jew. Plur. 2 Giwis, 3 Giws, Gius, Gyu(e)s, 3-4 Gywes, Giwes, Geus, 4 Iuu(e)s,
Iuwis, Iow(e)s, Ioues, Iewis, -ys, -us, 4-5 Iuwes, 4-6 Iues, 4-7 Iewes, 5
Iuys, 6 Sc. Iowis, Iouis, 4-7 Iews, 7- Jews; beta. 4 Iuen. [ME. a. OFr. giu,
gyu, giue, earlier juieu, juiu, jueu:-L. iudaeum (nom. -us) Jew (cf. Fr. dieu,
ebreu:-L. deum. hebraeum); in later Fr. juif, fem. juive. L. iudaeus was a.
Gr. iota-omicron-upsilon-delta-alpha-iota--omicron-sigma-, f. Aramaic y'hudai,
corresp. to Heb. y'hudi Jew, f. y'hudah Judah, name of a Hebrew patriarch and
the tribe descended from him. (The OE. equivalent was Iudeas Jews, Early ME.
Iudeow, Iudew: see JUDEW.)]
1 a A person of Hebrew descent; one whose religion is Judaism; an Israelite.
Orig. a Hebrew of the kingdom of Judah, as opposed to those of the ten tribes
of Israel; later, any Israelite who adhered to the worship of Jehovah as
conducted at Jerusalem. Applied comparatively rarely to the ancient nation
before the exile (cf. HEBREW sb. 1), but the commonest name for contemporary
or modern representatives of this group, now spread throughout the world. The
word `Jew' is also applied to groups, e.g. the Falashas in Ethiopia, not
ethnically related to persons of the main European groups, the Ashkenazim and
the Sephardim.
C. 1275 Passion our Lord 351 in O.E. Misc. 47 Pilates hym onswerede, am ich
Gyv penne? A. 1300 Cursor M. 3944 (Cott.) O sinnu etes neuer Iuu [v.rr. ieuu,
iew]. A. 1300 Cursor M. 11072 (Cott.) It halus bath Iu and sarzine. C. 1310 in
Wright Lyric P. (Percy Soc.) 100 Ich holde me vilore then a Gyw [rimes bowe,
trowe, now]. C. 1340 Cursor M. 4532 (Trin.) Therynne a iewes childe we fonde.
C. 1340 Cursor M. 18579 (Trin.) And namely leue herof no iwe For al pus dud
pei wip ihesu. 1387 TREVISA Higden (Rolls) VI. 385 Charles Grossus was
i-poysoned of a Iewe [v.r. Iuw]. A. 1400 Pistill of Susan 2 That was a Ieu3
ientil, and Ioachin he hiht. C. 1440 Promp. Parv. 266/2 Ive, judeus. 1530
PALSGR. 235/1 Jue a man of jurye, jvif. 1572 Satir. Poems Reform. xxxi. 173
Mair nor in Jurie dois the Jow. 1596 SHAKS. Merch. V. III. i. 61 What is the
reason? I am a Iewe; Hath not a Iew eyes? 1615 G. SANDYS Trav. 52 His mother a
Iew both by birth and religion. 1775 SHERIDAN Rivals II. i, She shall have a
skin like a mummy, and the beard of a Jew. 1820 BYRON Blues I. 77 You forget
Lady Lilac's as rich as a Jew.1940 AUDEN Another Time 116 He [sc. Sigmund
Freud] Was taken away from his old interest To go back to the earth in London,
An important Jew who died in exile. 1956 I. MURDOCH Flight from Enchanter ix.
126 `Of course, you realize that I could rescue you with my little finger,'
said Mrs Wingfield. `I'm as rich as a Jew!' 1970 R. D. ABRAHAMS Positively
Black iii. 76 The Englishman is arrogant and overbearing, the American is a
check-writing millionaire who doesn't mind the cost, the Jew tries to push
down the entry price into heaven. 1970 Times 28 Jan. 10/4 At the heart of the
matter lies the rabbinical definition of a Jew: a person born of a Jewish
mother, or a person who has converted to Judaism according to rabbinical law.
1974 J. R. BAKER Race xiv. 234 From the traditional religious point of view, a
Jew was a person born of a Jewish mother, but this formula suffers from the
defect that the defined word is included in adjectival form in the definition.
The same flaw occurs in part of the new definition enacted by the Israeli
Parliament in..1970, according to which a person is a Jew if he or she is the
offspring of a Jewish mother or has been converted to the Jewish faith by the
Orthodox Rabbinate or by the Rabbis of the Jewish Reform Movement or by the
Rabbis of the Jewish Conservative Movement.
plural. C. 1175 Lamb. Hom. 9 Alswa hefden pe giwis heore sinagoge. C. 1250
Old Kent. Serm. in O.E. Misc. 26 Hi..askede wer was se king of gyus pet was
i-bore. C. 1250 Old Kent. Serm. in O.E. Misc., 26 King of geus. A. 1300
Cursor M. 142 O pe Iuus [v.rr. iewes] and moyses. A. 1300 Cursor M. 19129
(Gott.) Thar badd pai iuen suld paim 3eme. A. 1340 HAMPOLE Psalter xxvii. 5
The iowes sloghe crist. 1387 TREVISA Higden (Rolls) VIII. 53 That he schulde
doo pe Iewes [v.r. Iuwes] out of Engelond. 1482 CAXTON Trevisa's Higden
(Rolls) IV. 369 The Iuwes accused Pilatus to Tiberius. 1533 GAU Richt Vay 30
Ve prech Iesu Christ crucifeit, sclander to the Iowis and folie to the
gentils. 1548-9 (Mar.) Bk. Comm. Prayer (Coll. Good Friday), Haue mercy upon
all Iewes, Turkes, Infidels, and heretikes. 1611 BIBLE 2 Kings xvi. 6 At that
time Rezin king of Syria..draue the Iews from Elath. 1619 SANDERSON Twelve
Serm. (1632) 2 In Rome there lived in the Apostles times many Iewes. 1710 etc.
[see FALASHA]. 1776 GIBBON Decl. & F. xv, The same..abhorrence for idolatry
which had distinguished the Jews from the other nations of the ancient world.
1968 L. ROSTEN Joys of Yiddish 142 Relentless persecution of Jews, century
after century, in nation after nation, left a legacy of bitter sayings: `Dos
ken nor a goy.' (`That, only a goy is capable of doing'). 1971 B. MALAMUD
Tenants 50 The Jews got to keep us bloods stayin weak. 1974 J. R. BAKER Race
xiv. 232 In various parts of the world today there are communities that
practise the Jewish faith in one form or another, but are ethnically distinct
from the Jews of Europe and North America.
gen. plur. A. 1225 Ancr. R. 394 Uorto acwiten ut his leofmon of Giwene
honden. A. 1225 Juliana 62 Ant poledest pinen ant passiun purh giwes read on
rode. A. 1300 Cursor M. 4532 (Cott.) Thar in a Iuen child [Trin. iewes childe]
we fand. C. 1300 Cursor M. 19289 (Edin.) The iuwin folc felune. C. 1300Cursor
M. 21696 (Edin.) Mang pe Iuwis lede. C. 1350 Childh. Jesus 616 (Matz.) Giwene
children feole..Him siweden. C. 1449 PECOCK Repr. III. iii. 291 If Cristen
preestis weren Iewen preestis. 1653 GREAVES Seraglio 150 In the Kings
Seraglio, the Sultana's are permitted to employ divers Jewes-women about their
ordinary occasions.
b Jew's eye: proverbial expression for something valued highly.
1592 G. HARVEY Pierce's Super. 85 A souerain Rule, as deare as a Iewes eye.
1596 SHAKS. Merch. V. II. v. 43 There will come a Christian by, Will be worth
a Iewes eye. 1833 MARRYAT P. Simple ii, Although the journey..would cost twice
the value of a gold seal, yet, that in the end it might be worth a Jew's eye.
1844 WILLIS Lady Jane I. 212 From dome to floor, Hung pictures..Each `worth a
Jew's eye'.
c Black Jew (see quot. 1967); also = FALASHA.
1807 C. BUCHANAN Jrnl. 4 Feb. in Christian Res. in Asia (1811) 192 The
resident Jews are divided into two classes, called the Jerusalem or White
Jews; and the Ancient or Black Jews. The White Jews reside at this place [sc.
Cochin]. The Black Jews have also a Synagogue here; but the great body of
that tribe inhabit towns in the interior of the province. A. 1817 T. DWIGHT
Trav. New-Eng. (1823) III. 174 The black Jews in Hindostan. 1822 Imperial Mag.
IV. 358 A copy of the Hebrew Pentateuch..found in one of the Black Jews'
Synagogues, at Cochin. 1843 J. C. MAITLAND Lett. from Madras xviii. 178, I
told him about the first preachers, the Black Jews, the Syrian Christians, &c.
1892 G. M. RAE Syrian Church in India x. 150 These black Jews are converts to
the faith from among the people of the land. 1907 I. ZANGWILL Ghetto Comedies
155 The black Jews..surrounded by all those millions of Hindoos. 1930 H.
NORDEN Africa's Last Empire 185 The black Jews among whom he works. 1964 [see
FALASHA]. 1967 D. T. KAUFFMAN Dict. Relig. Terms 77/1 Black Jews, in India,
term applied to brown-skinned Jews to distinguish them from a group known as
`White Jews'. Sometimes used also for Negro Jewish groups. 1974 J. R. BAKER
Race xiv. 232 The Falasha or `black Jews' of Ethiopia are members of the
Aethiopid subrace, a hybrid taxon.
d A ship's tailor. Hence also jewing vbl. sb. and ppl. a. Naut. slang.
1916 Chambers's Jrnl. May 278/2 They [sc. ships' tailors] were still known as
`jews'. 1916 Chambers's Jrnl., May 278/2 The term `jewing', as sewing is
still called. 1945 TACKLINE Holiday Sailor x. 102 There was the
`Jewing-bloke', who undertook tailoring repairs. 1945 TACKLINE Holiday Sailor,
x. 102 The `Jewing-bloke' had a rather ancient Singer sewing machine, bought
when ashore at Alexandria with..pay in his pocket. 1946 J. IRVING Royal
Navalese 100 A sailor-tailor is known as a `Jew'. 1962 GRANVILLE Dict.
Sailors' Slang 66/1 Jewing firm, ship's tailoring `firm' run by one or more
ratings who repair and make clothing.
2 a transf. and offensive. As a name of opprobrium: spec. applied to a
grasping or extortionate person (whether Jewish or not) who drives hard
bargains.
In medieval England, Jews, though engaged in many pursuits, were particularly
familiar as money-lenders, their activities being publicly regulated for them
by the Crown, whose proteges they were. In private, Christians also practised
money-lending, though forbidden to do so by Canon Law. Thus the name of Jew
came to be associated in the popular mind with usury and any extortionate
practices that might be supposed to accompany it, and gained an opprobrious
sense.
1606 Sir G. Goosecappe V. i. in Bullen O. Pl. III. 77 If the sunne of thy
beauty doe not white me like a shippards holland, I am a Iewe to my Creator.
1700 BP. PATRICK Comm. Deut. xxviii. 37 Better we cannot express the most
cut-throat dealing, than thus, You use me like a Jew. 1830 COLERIDGE Table-t.
16 May, Jacob is a regular Jew, and practises all sorts of tricks and wiles.
1844 D. KING Ruling Eldership II. i, It is undesirable..that he pass in the
commercial circle for what is there termed a Jew.1846 Swell's Night Guide
123/1 Jew, an overreaching fellow. C. 1861 E. DICKINSON Poems (1955) I. 160
'Twould be `a Bargain' for a Jew! Say-may I have it-Sir? 1906 J. M. SYNGE
Lett. to Molly (1971) 31 What have I done that you should write to me as if I
was a dunning Jew? 1920 T. S. ELIOT Ara Vos Prec 14 The jew is underneath the
lot. Money in furs. 1931 T. R. G. LYELL Slang 428 Why waste your time asking
him for a subscription? He's a perfect Jew where money's concerned. 1944
Britannica Bk. of Year 693 In March 1943 there were tirades from Bangkok radio
against the `Jews of Siam' (probably Chinese), who were accused of
profiteering. 1952 G. BONE Came to Oxf. xi. 34 There is a curious fallacy,
rather wide-spread, that a borrower of money is an innocent and hapless
person, while a lender is a shark, a harpy, a `Jew'. 1964 H. BROTZ Black Jews
of Harlem iii. 54 Occasionally the Black Jews forget they are Jews when
complaining about the fact that `the Jews' own all or most of Harlem!
b A pedlar.
In this use not depreciatory.
1803 G. COLMAN John Bull III. ii. 32 Here is two poets, and a poll-parrot,
the best image the Jew had over his head, over the mantle-piece. 1963 E.
MCBAIN Ten Plus One (1964) iv. 42 There was a guy who used to come around to
the door selling stuff, and my mother called him `The Jew'... For her, `Jew'
was synonymous with pedlar. 1970 J. H. GRAY Boy from Winnipeg 43 For us,
however, `Jew' was just another generic word that often included the peddlers
who were Greek or Italian. When we scrounged bottles it was to sell to `the
Jew', who was anybody that came along buying junk.
3 attrib. and Comb. a attrib. or as adj. That is a Jew, Jewish, as Jew boy,
butcher, girl, man, pedlar, physician, trooper (such expressions now mainly in
offensive use but not originally opprobrious); of or relating to Jews, as Jew
bill, hatred, toll. b objective, similative, etc., as Jew-drowning, -hater,
Jew-dear, adj.; Jew-like adj. and adv., -looking adj.
1765 BLACKSTONE Comm. I. x. (1793) 375 Very high debates about the time of
the famous Jew-bill; which enables all Jews to prefer bills of naturalization
in parliament, without receiving the sacrament.
1796 P. COLQUHOUN Treat. Police of Metropolis (ed. 3) vi. 125 Jew Boys..go
out every morning loaded with counterfeit Copper, which they exchange for bad
Silver, to be afterwards coloured anew, and again put into circulation. 1817
M. EDGEWORTH Harrington iii. 45 Mowbray easily engaged me to join him against
the Jew boy; and a zealous partizan against Jacob I became. 1873 TROLLOPE
Eustace Diamonds II. liii. 361 You used to be very wicked, and say he was once
a Jew-boy in the streets. 1929 D. H. LAWRENCE Let. 10 Oct. (1962) II. 1208, I
do hate John's Jewish nasal sort of style-so uglily moral... Spring doesn't
only come for the moral Jew-boys-for them perhaps least. 1948 J. BALDWIN in
Commentary Oct. 334/2 Jules Weissman, a Jewboy, had got the room for me. 1954
Jewboy [see IKEY sb. and a.]. 1959 N. MAILER Advts. for Myself (1961) 50
Jewboy, blond Jewboy Wexler perched by the cellar window, tackling Japs with
machine-gun bullets. 1968 Daily Mail 9 Feb. 3/3 Angry viewers rang the BBC
last night to complain about an `anti-Semitic' remark on the TV programme
Softly, Softly. In last night's episode..the detective tells the man: `You
always were a great one for putting things in your wife's name, Bob, just like
a Jewboy heading for bankruptcy.' 1972 Observer 7 May, Mrs Lane Fox dismisses
what she calls the country set, who call their children `the brats', talk
about `thrashing them into shape', support Enoch Powell and still refer to
`jew boys'. 1974 New Society 3 Jan. 11/2 A car's desirability also creates the
opposite reaction, in that envy is easily turned to resentment and aggression
towards, for instance, the `jewboy', the `poser', the `toffee nose' and the
`business classes' who sport expensive and powerful cars.
1849 W. S. MAYO Kaloolah (1887) p. viii, Oil, garlic, salt fish, and Jew
brandy.
1613 PURCHAS Pilgrimage (1614) 213 Thus you see the Iew-butcher had need be
no botcher, but halfe a Physitian in Anatomizing.
1755 J. SHEBBEARE Lydia (1769) I. 274 [He] must have had this jew-craft
among his reasons for endeavouring to naturalize the Jews.
1899 A. WHITE Modern Jew 122 There are many instances of the drollery of
*Jew-drowning in the annals of monkish historians.
1796 E. WYNNE Diary 11 Dec. (1937) II. ix. 139 Before having ever seen us she
declared that we were all excepting the youngest, like little crows and Jew
girls. 1930 E. POUND XXX Cantos x. 45 Wives, jew-girls, nuns. 1971 B. MALAMUD
Tenants 50 Jewgirls are the best whores.
1899 Westm. Gaz. 18 Sept. 2/2 The nature of the wounds roused amongst the
*Jew-haters the old story of the blood sacrifice.
1898 Nat. Rev. Aug. 807 Outside Russia, Jew hatred is a matter with which
Governments have no direct concern.
1808 COBBETT Pol. Reg. XIII. 172 Through the means of a jew-like commerce
with the revolted slaves.
1905 JOYCE Let. 29 Oct. (1966) II. 127 For a Jewman it's better than having
to bathe. 1922 JOYCE Ulysses 336 I'll brain that bloody jewman for using the
holy name. 1938 W. B. YEATS John Kinsella's Lament in London Mercury Dec. 114
Though stiff to strike a bargain Like an old Jew man.
1771 SMOLLETT Humph. Cl. 20 Apr. Let ii, I was cheapening a pair of
spectacles with a Jew-pedlar.
1731 Gent. Mag. I. 403 Dr. Bass, a noted Jew Physician in St. Mary Axe.
A. 1680 BUTLER Rem. (1759) II. 84 And crucify his Saviour worse Than those
*Jew-Troopers, that threw out, When they were raffling for his coat.
c Special Combs.: Jew-bail, insufficient bail, `straw-bail'; 'Jew-baiting sb.
= Ger. Judenhetze, systematic harrying or persecution of Jews; so Jew-bait v.
nonce-wd., Jew-baiter, Jew-baiting a.; Jew-bush, a euphorbiaceous plant of the
genus Pedilanthus; Jew-cart (see quot.); Jew-lizard, a large Australian
lizard, Amphibolurus barbatus; Jew plum = OTAHEITE APPLE; Jew Tongo, a
language spoken among Bush Negroes in Surinam, possessing a structure largely
derived from West African languages and a vocabulary largely derived from
English.
1785 GROSE Dict. Vulg. T., Jew Bail. 1797 MARY ROBINSON Walsingham IV. 283
He..did the deep ones with Jew-bail, till they were up to the trick.
1892 Sat. Rev. 18 June 700/2 [He] is always going about Jew-baiting and to
*Jew-bait with pen or sword.
1883 Pall Mall G. 19 Nov. 3/1 [They] are now in full possession of the case
of the German jew-baiters against the Jews. 1907 I. ZANGWILL Ghetto Comedies
85 She's honest... She won't fall back on the old Jew-baiter. 1945 W. S.
CHURCHILL Victory (1946) 145 Julius Streicher, most notorious of Jew-baiters,
was captured by the Americans. 1960 C. DAY LEWIS Buried Day vi. 116 The same
herd instinct that produces Teddy Boys, Jew-baiters and Ku-Klux-Klansmen. 1974
G. MITCHELL Javelin for Jonah xi. 133 Benjy was unlucky enough to fall foul at
school of a ring of young Jew-baiters.
1883 Evening Post (N.Y.) 21 Apr., The Jew-baiting in Germany; the bloody
persecutions in Russia. 1898 Nat. Review Aug. 807 In the Empire of the
Tsar..Jew-baiting is a matter of high State policy. 1922 JOYCE Ulysses 202
Shylock chimes with the jewbaiting that followed the hanging. 1939 Ann. Reg.
1938 203 The brutalities began on April 23, and it was clear that the scheme
of Jew-baiting had been worked out in readiness for the `Anschluss'. 1969 J.
MANDER Static Soc. iii. 99 The American, however ugly, is no Jew-baiting
Gauleiter.
1830 LINDLEY Nat. Syst. Bot. 105 The Jew Bush, or Milk plant.
1840 MARRYAT Poor Jack xviii, Then we have what we call Jew Carts, always
ready to take [stolen] goods inland, where they will not be looked after.
1847 LEICHHARDT Jrnl. iii. 89 A small Chlamydophorus (*Jew lizard of the
Hunter [River]) was also seen. A. 1884 J. SERVICE Thir Notandums (1890) 205
From beneath a log the green Jew-lizard, or the iguana peeps.
1913 W. HARRIS Notes Fruit & Veg. in Jamaica 18 The Jew Plum..was
introduced to Jamaica in 1782 and again in 1792. 1920 W. POPENOE Man. Tropical
& Subtropical Fruits iv. 156 Jew-plum is another name for the ambarelle, used
in Jamaica. 1971 Caribbean Q. XVII. II. 14 Different name, same
referent..golden apple/Jew plum/pomme-citerre.
1933 L. BLOOMFIELD Lang. xxvi. 474 Two creolized forms of English are spoken
in Suriname (Dutch Guiana). One of these.., more divergent from ordinary
types of English, is known as Jew-Tongo. 1968 W. J. SAMARIN in J. A. Fishman
Readings Sociol. of Lang. 666 Amerindian pidgins... Saramakan (Jew Tongo,
Ningre-Tongo).
d Genitival Combs.: Jews' apple, a name for the Egg-plant or its fruit; Jews'
frankincense, a plant of the genus Styrax, or the resin obtained from it
(storax or benzoin); Jews' houses, name given to the remains of ancient
tin-smelting furnaces in Cornwall; Jew's letter, a text inscribed in Hebrew
upon a phylactery, regarded as the outward symbol or badge of a Jew; Jews'
lime, a synonym of Jews' slime (see below); Jews' mallow, a name for Corchorus
olitorius (N.O. Tiliaceae), one of the plants from which the fibre called jute
is obtained, used as a pot-herb in Egypt, Syria, and other countries; Jews'
money, a popular name for ancient Roman coins found in some parts of England;
Jews' myrtle, a name for Butcher's Broom, and for a variety of the common
Myrtle; Jews' pitch, Jews' slime, names for asphalt or bitumen (cf. Gen. xi.
3); Jews' thorn = Christ's thorn (see CHRIST 5); Jews' tin, name for lumps of
tin found in ancient smelting-furnaces (Jews' houses) in Cornwall.
1884 MILLER Plant-n., Solanum esculentum, Jew's-Apple, Mad-Apple... S.
Melongena,..Egg-plant, Jew's-Apple.
1760 J. LEE Introd. Bot. App. 315 Jew's Frankincense, Styrax.
1851 Illustr. Catal. Gt. Exhib. 162 In the reign of King John, the mines
[were] principally in the hands of the Jews..remains of furnaces, called
*Jews' houses, have been discovered, and small blocks of tin, known as Jews'
tin, have..been found in the mining localities.
1589 R. HARVEY Pl. Perc. (1860) 32 Iewes letter scrible scrable ouer the
Copurtenaunce of a mans countenaunce. 1598 FLORIO Worlde of Wordes To Rdr. A
vj, A fouler blot then a Iewes letter..in the foreheads of Caelius and Curio.
1731-3 MILLER Gard. Dict. s.v. Corchorus, Jews Mallow, ..sown in great
Plenty about Aleppo as a Pot-herb, the Jews boiling the Leaves of this Plant
to eat with their Meat. 1887 MOLONEY Forestry W. Afr. 289 `Jews' Mallow' or
`Jute' (Corchorus olitorius, L.)-Annual. This is one of the species that
affords the well-known fibre of commerce called `Jute'.
1577 HARRISON England II. xxiv. (1877) I. 360 Some peeces or other are dailie
taken vp, which they call Borow pence, Dwarfs monie..*Iewes monie, and by
other foolish names not woorthie to be remembred.
1856 N. & Q. Ser. II. I. 432/2 In some parts of Kent it [Ruscus aculeatus] is
called `*Jews' Myrtle'; and it is the popular belief, that the crown of
thorns..was composed of its branches.
1756 P. BROWNE Jamaica 40 Asphaltum, Jew's pitch. 1816 TINGRY Varnisher's
Guide (ed. 2) 1 Asphaltum..issues in a liquid form from the bottom of the lake
Asphaltis in Judaea; and hence the name of Jew's pitch.
1607 TOPSELL Four-f. Beasts 188 Iewes lime drunk in water..prescribed for a
remedy of this euill. 1639 HORN & ROB. Gate Lang. Unl. x. Sect.104 Salt-peter,
brimstone, Jew's slime, patrol, bole-armoniak,..are called mineral juyces.
1597 GERARDE Herbal Index, Iewes thorne, that is Christs thorne. III. xxvi.
1153 This shrubbie thorne Paliurus was the thorne wherewith they crowned our
Sauiour Christ.
1851 Jews' tin [see Jews' house].

Jew, jew, v. colloq. [f. JEW sb. (sense 2).] trans. To cheat or overreach, in
the way attributed to Jewish traders or usurers. Also, to drive a hard
bargain, and intr., to haggle. Phr. to jew down, to beat down in price; also
transf. Hence 'Jewing vbl. sb.
These uses are now considered to be offensive.
1824 C. HARDING Diary 29 Apr. in Sketch (1929) 75 He is a country clergyman;
and, from his Jewing disposition, I should judge he had more taste in tithes
than pictures. 1825 Constitutional Adv. (Frankfort, Kentucky) 15 Dec. 3/1 We
hope, for the honour and character of the state, that neither the legislature
nor the people, will Jew the items of expence. 1833 L. DOW Dealings of God
(1849) 189 If they [sc. the Jews] will Jew people, they cannot flourish among
Yankees, who are said to `outjew' them in trading. A. 1845 BARHAM Ingol. Leg.,
Bro. Birchington lxv, Is it that way you'd Jew one? 1847 W. IRVING Let. 30
Apr. in Life & Lett. (1864) IV. 19 Some mode of screwing and jewing the world
out of more interest than one's money is entitled to. 1848 W. BAGLEY Let. 14
Mar. in N. E. Eliason Tarheel Talk (1956) 279, I Jewed old Galloway down to
1.50 for ploughs. 1851 H. MAYHEW London Labour I. 368/1 Some of the ladies in
the squares..sets to work Jewing away as hard as they can, pricing up their
own things, and downcrying yourn. 1854 D. G. ROSSETTI in Rossetti Ruskin,
Rossetti, etc. (1899) 15 But as to his doings And jawings and jewings, William
brought me the news. 1870 Congress. Globe 7 July 5340/1 This bill supposes
that Congress..is ready to commence jewing down the pay of its General. 1872
Chicago Tribune 14 Oct. 8/2 The prices [for lodging] asked vary-the lodger
being generally asked as much as it is thought he will give. If he jews, he
will get it for comparatively little. 1883 G. M HOPKINS Let. 6 Dec. (1938) 195
You will I know say..that Jew is a reproach because the Jews have corrupted
their race and nature, so that it is their vices and their free acts we
stigmatise when we call cheating `jewing'-and that you mean that Disraeli in
1871 overreached and jewed his constituents. 1891 Daily News 2 Nov. 7/3 He'd
take care he didn't `Jew' him again.1897 [see HIGHLAND a. 2 b]. 1908 Dialect
Notes III. 324 Jew, to beat down the price. `I tried to jew him, but he
wouldn't jew.' 1926 Market Growers Jrnl. 1 July 3, I make my retail prices
about half way between grocery store wholesale and retail prices, and do not
stand for any `jewing' down. 1937 Scribner's Mag. Apr. 25 Thought we might get
the divorce a little under fifty dollars. Maybe we might jew the young man
down. 1939 A. POWELL What's become of Waring v. 140 Then we can meet again and
jew each other down. 1946 W. G. HAMMOND Remembrance of Amherst 121 Both here and at the mountain top we were unmercifully jewed for all the refreshments.
1947 L. Z. HOBSON Gentleman's Agreement i. 9 Now she was describing the large
new house she and Dick wanted to buy. `Did you close the sale on the old
place?' Mrs. Green asked. `Not yet. That cheap Pat Curran keeps trying to
Jew us down.' 1968 L. ROSTEN Joys of Yiddish 142 Just as some Gentiles use
`Jew' as a contemptuous synonym for too-shrewd, sly bargaining (`He tried to
Jew the price down,' is about as unappetizing an idiom as I know), so some
Jews use goy in a pejorative sense. 1970 R. LOWELL Notebk. 69 This embankment,
jewed-No, yankeed-by the highways down to a grassy lip. 1971 R. THOMAS Backup
Men xxi. 184, I say how much and he says this much and I say it's not enough
so we jew around with each other until we make a price. 1972 Harper's Mag. May
83 Jew the fruitman down for his last Christmas tree. 1972 New Society 11 May
301/1, I got jewed down..over the cheap offer.