oven dodger

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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.

Noun

oven dodger (plural oven dodgers)

  1. (slang, ethnic slur, derogatory, offensive) A Jewish person.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:oven dodger.
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