oven dodger

noun

A Jewish person.

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Meanings

nounoven dodger (plural oven dodgers)

plural oven dodgers · alternative oven-dodger

  1. derogatoryethnicoffensiveslangslurA Jewish person.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:oven dodger.

Origin

In reference to the cremation of Jews during the Holocaust, suggesting that the Jews alive today are those who avoided being killed in the Holocaust, or their descendants.

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APA

oven dodger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oven%20dodger

MLA

“oven dodger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oven%20dodger. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oven dodger,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oven%20dodger.

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