"Jew"

Charles C Doyle cdoyle at UGA.EDU
Mon Feb 28 01:23:00 UTC 2011


In this past week's episode of NBC's _Harry's Law_, a fictional drama set in Cincinnati, an African American street-gang member explains that "Jew" is a term folr 'lawyer'.

Does any corroboration exist?  (The usage does not appear in HDAS.)

--Charlie

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