Meanings
jewie1
plural jewies
- AustraliaA fish, Argyrosomus hololepidotus; a type of mulloway.
Synonyms: butterfish, jew, jewfish, kabeljou, mulloway, Madagascar meagre
Jewie2
plural Jewies
- diminutiverareperhaps derogatoryDiminutive of Jew.
1 more example
So they started talking about capital punishment and of course Bloom comes out with the why and the wherefore and all the codology of the business and the old dog smelling him all the time all the time I'm told those Jewies does have a sort of a queer odour coming off them for dogs about I don't know what all deterrent effect and so forth and so on.
1918, James Joyce, Ulysses
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fish, Argyrosomus hololepidotus; a type of mulloway.
Origin
From jewfish + -ie (“diminutive suffix”), ultimately from jewel.
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