would give a Jew's eye

verb

Would give a great deal; indicating that one desires something greatly.

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Meanings

verb
  1. colloquialdatedidiomaticoffensiveWould give a great deal; indicating that one desires something greatly.

    I'd give a Jew's eye for a handful of those apple blossoms—they are divine!

    1910, Thomas W. Hanshew, Cleek: The Man of the Forty Faces
    2 more examples

    I would give a Jew's eye, I would give my ears, for a five minutes' chat with either of them.

    1865, Skunks (Major, pseud.), The Great Battle of Patchumup (page 32)

    Specimens were there visible, not now as yet at all equalled by our most zealous present-day exhibitors, and for a single graft of whose strain, now lost, some of these would give "a Jew's eye."

    1894, George Cupples, James Hutchison Stirling, Scotch Deer-hounds and Their Masters, page 47
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Chicago

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