ikey
English edit
Etymology edit
Ike + -y, representing a colloquial abbreviation of Isaac.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ikey (plural ikeys)
- (slang, derogatory) 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;
- 1931, Dorothy L Sayers, chapter 29, in The Five Red Herrings:
- I meant to start from Barrhill, but I missed the train, and then I hung on to old Ikey-Mo, which made my alibi much better,
Adjective edit
ikey (comparative more ikey, superlative most ikey)
- (slang, derogatory) Having negative traits stereotypically associated with Jews; cunning, supercilious.
- 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 10”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
- Clara had always been ‘ikey’ – reserved and superior.
- 1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
- 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.