"Jewish flag" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Jewish flags [plural]
Etymology: Sense 2 alludes to the stereotype of Jews as money-grubbing. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Jewish flag (plural Jewish flags)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Jewish, flag.
    Sense id: en-Jewish_flag-en-noun-TtVCPVGc
  2. (US, slang, ethnic slur) A dollar bill. Tags: US, ethnic, slang, slur
    Sense id: en-Jewish_flag-en-noun-xg0fVjtr Categories (other): American English, English ethnic slurs, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93

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          "ref": "2010 January 1, Ronald L. Eisenberg, Jewish Traditions: A JPS Guide, Jewish Publication Society, page 577",
          "text": "The combination of blue and white as the colors of the Jewish flag was derived from an 1860 poem (“Judah's Colors”) by Austrian Ludwig August Frankl, which explained that the blue symbolized “the splendors of the firmament,” and the[…]",
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