Yiddisher

/ ˈjɪdɪʃə /

adjective

1. in or relating to Yiddish
2. Jewish

noun

1. a speaker of Yiddish; Jew

Example Sentences

It was an uncomfortable experience for “a young fellow, still a rough Yiddisher boy from the Bronx, and a proletarian too”.

From The Guardian

Now that Mrs. Meir has written her memoirs, this image of the Yiddisher mama as world figure�"I, Golda Meir, from Pinsk, Milwaukee and Tel Aviv"�dominates.

From Time Magazine Archive

His mother is a nightmare Yiddisher mama, a shrieking, swooping, loony harridan who plies her son with brimming trays full of food.

From Time Magazine Archive

Meg is a blow-up of a caricature, a manic Yiddisher Momma.

From Time Magazine Archive

Shouts of "Gideon," "Berney's Yiddisher," "Jew-beak," "Back to Joppa you dirty Jew-ew," and lastly a great roar of "Stone the dirty Semite" had been heard.

From Project Gutenberg