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Jew down

verb

Etymology

From the noun Jew, based on the stereotype of Jews as parsimonious and driving hard bargains + down.

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of jew down.

    • " […] who should come along this mornin' but one of those same holy people, and Jewed me down on pay that the Lord knows is hard enough to live on."
    • Incidentally they ask a price much higher than it is worth; they expect to be Jewed down.
    • " […] I don't want to get Jewed down, you know. I'm sure you'll take care of me?"

  2. To bargain or haggle with a seller in order to obtain a lower price for a good or service.

    • […] the popular and fashionable lying, which is so prolific between merchant and customer, as the process of jewing down is going on among all traders of the day.
    • Equality, too, removes the possibility of bargaining, of jewing up or jewing down a salary, according to the exigencies of the moment.
    • I wanted to get $600 and a light job and they just jewed me down to $375 and a light job.

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