"jew down" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: jews down [present, singular, third-person], jewing down [participle, present], jewed down [participle, past], jewed down [past]
Etymology: From the noun Jew, based on the stereotype of Jews as parsimonious and driving hard bargains + down. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} jew down (third-person singular simple present jews down, present participle jewing down, simple past and past participle jewed down)
  1. (offensive) To bargain or haggle with a seller in order to obtain a lower price for a good or service. Tags: offensive Synonyms: Jew down Related terms: gyp, welsh
    Sense id: en-jew_down-en-verb-od1a7br3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (down)

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  "etymology_text": "From the noun Jew, based on the stereotype of Jews as parsimonious and driving hard bargains + down.",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1861, George W. Henry, Tell Tale Rag, and Popular Sins of the Day, self-published, published 1861, page ix",
          "text": "[…] 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.",
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        {
          "ref": "1906, unnamed university president, quoted in John Maxson Stillman's \"Relations of Salary to Title in American Universities\", in Journal of Proceedings and Addresses of the Eighth Annual Conference of the Association of American Universities, Association of American Universities (1907), page 80",
          "text": "Equality, too, removes the possibility of bargaining, of jewing up or jewing down a salary, according to the exigencies of the moment."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1920, Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of North Dakotahttps://books.google.com/books?id=wnAtAQAAMAAJ, Swan v. Great Northern R. Co., p. 277",
          "text": "I wanted to get $600 and a light job and they just jewed me down to $375 and a light job."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Cedric Belfrage, Away from It All: An Escapologist's Notebook, Kessinger Publishing, published 2005, page 131",
          "text": "Millan had already been repeating his loud opinion of all Hindus, before the tailor he had so efficiently jewed down was half out of the room.",
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        "(offensive) To bargain or haggle with a seller in order to obtain a lower price for a good or service."
      ],
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          "ref": "1906, unnamed university president, quoted in John Maxson Stillman's \"Relations of Salary to Title in American Universities\", in Journal of Proceedings and Addresses of the Eighth Annual Conference of the Association of American Universities, Association of American Universities (1907), page 80",
          "text": "Equality, too, removes the possibility of bargaining, of jewing up or jewing down a salary, according to the exigencies of the moment."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1920, Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of North Dakotahttps://books.google.com/books?id=wnAtAQAAMAAJ, Swan v. Great Northern R. Co., p. 277",
          "text": "I wanted to get $600 and a light job and they just jewed me down to $375 and a light job."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Cedric Belfrage, Away from It All: An Escapologist's Notebook, Kessinger Publishing, published 2005, page 131",
          "text": "Millan had already been repeating his loud opinion of all Hindus, before the tailor he had so efficiently jewed down was half out of the room.",
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        "(offensive) To bargain or haggle with a seller in order to obtain a lower price for a good or service."
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Jew down"
    }
  ],
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}

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