ikey
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Ike + -y, representing a colloquial abbreviation of Isaac.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ikey (plural ikeys)
- (slang) A Jew.
- 1906, Banjo Paterson, Wisdom of Hafiz
- My son, if you go to the races to battle with Ikey and Mo,
- Remember, it's seldom the pigeon can pick out the eye of the crow;
- 1906, Banjo Paterson, Wisdom of Hafiz
AdjectiveEdit
ikey (comparative more ikey, superlative most ikey)
- (slang, derogatory) ‘Jewish’, seen in a derogatory sense; cunning, supercilious.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 10
- Clara had always been ‘ikey’ – reserved and superior.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
- What Arthur Griffith said about the headpiece over the Freeman leader: a homerule sun rising up in the northwest from the laneway behind the bank of Ireland. He prolonged his pleased smile. Ikey touch that: homerule sun rising up in the northwest.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 10