ikey

plural ikeys · alternative Ikey

1. derogatoryethnicslangslurA Jew.

   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,

   1931, Dorothy L Sayers, chapter 29, in The Five Red Herrings

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   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;

   1906, Banjo Paterson, Wisdom of Hafiz

comparative more ikey · superlative most ikey · alternative Ikey

1. derogatoryethnicslangslurHaving negative traits stereotypically associated with Jews; cunning, supercilious.

   Clara had always been ‘ikey’ – reserved and superior.

   1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 10”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC

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   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.

   1922 February 2, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC

1. A diminutive of the male given name Isaac.

   "Come in, sirs, come in if you please," begged Ikey deferentially; the door was held more fully open and they passed into a store […]

   1934, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], The Bravo of London

plural Ikeys

1. Alternative letter-case form of ikey