refujew

English

Etymology

Blend of refugee +‎ Jew.

Noun

refujew (plural refujews)

(US, informal) A Jewish refugee.
- 1938, Anne Jackson Fremantle, Loyal enemy:
  […] Basque children, White Russians or refujews, but a whole empire in agony, a mastodon at bay, is beyond the limit of our imaginations.
- 1990, Frederic Raphael, After the war:
  'Fancy him having a refujew in his gang,' Gladstone said.

Further reading

Jonathon Green (2024) “refujew n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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