Meanings
plural bagel benders
- ethnicslangslurA Jew.
So I went to New York with the fox and lox crowd, the bagel benders, the shleppers, to hook an agent.
1980, Sam Ross, Windy City, page 762 more examples
“I'll be goddamned,” Tony said cursing, “Leave it up to some fucking bagel' bender ^([sic]) to think of away of making money on someone's misfortune, and it's all legal?”
2010, Mel Staley, A Deadly SettlementKablkoff: "It's like you talking Yiddish. Everybody wants to think they're connected. Everybody wants to be in the loop." Mad Sal: "The Loop's downtown, you fat bagel bender."
2011, James Ellroy, American Tabloid, page 204
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