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ikey, n. and a. slang and dial.|ˈaɪkɪ|
Also ike, iky, I-.
Familiar abbreviated form of the Jewish name Isaac (also ikeymo, f. Isaac and Moses), used typically for: a Jew or someone taken to be or resembling a Jew; also, a (Jewish) receiver, moneylender, etc.; transf., a loafer; a tip, information; (Austral.) a bookmaker. As adj., (a) artful, crafty, knowing, ‘fly’; (b) having a good opinion of oneself, ‘stuck-up’.
Derogatory and offensive in all uses as applied to persons.
1835Dickens Sk. Boz (1836) 1st Ser. II. ii. 44 ‘Let me alone,’ replied Ikey, ‘and I'll ha' vound up..in five seconds.’ 1864Hotten Slang Dict., Ikey, a Jew ‘fence’. 1870Leybourne in Farmer & Henley Slang (1896) IV. 2 My name it is ikey Bill, A Whitechapel Covey am I. 1881Punch 10 Sept. 110/1 'Arf ikey of course, put-up bizness. 1887Parish & Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. 83 Ikey, proud. 1889Barrère & Leland Dict. Slang, Ikey (popular), a Jew;..Also said of any one who thinks himself knowing, smart, and has a great opinion of himself. 1892Chevalier in Farmer & Henley Slang (1896) IV. 2 Artful little ikey little ways. 1897I. Scott How I stole 10,000 Sheep in Austral. & N.Z. 33 Jim now hit on a rather ‘Iky’ way to do the ride to Wellington. 1906Russell & Rigby Making of Criminal i. 7 His clothes are so very poor that he does not like..‘to show himself up’ by appearing in them, especially if they are of a kind only affected by the professional loafer or ‘ike’. 1913D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers ix. 241, I want people to think we're awful swells. So look ikey. 1922Joyce Ulysses 458 Three cheers for Ikey Mo! 1927T. Prentis Music-Hall Memories 16 Sez as I'm as ikey as the Dook of Boocle-oo. 1934Bulletin (Sydney) 18 Apr. 11/1 She laid the odds, as smartly and acutely, I'll bet, as any trousered Ikey Mo. 1936J. G. Brandon Dragnet xiii. 132 'E passed the ike, that there was somethink on there. 1941Penguin New Writing III. 69 Go indoors an' 'elp yer sister with the washing-up, you lazy young ike. 1942P. Abrahams Dark Testament i. xiii. 72 Any guy his pal. Chink, ike. 1954J. Symons Narrowing Circle xxx. 135 I'm a Hackney Jew, Dave. At school they called us Ikeymoes and Jewboys. 1966F. Shaw et al. Lern Yerself Scouse 36 Yer very ikey, you are very dandified. 1969Private Eye 6 June 14 (caption) Pull your head in, ikey mo! 1972R. Player Oh! Where are Bloody Mary's Earrings vi. 168 The Ikeys will win—you can stake your life on that.
Hence ike, ˈiky v. (see quot. 1932); ˈikeyness, the quality of, or an act of, being ikey.
1911D. H. Lawrence White Peacock vii. 484, I haven't been to see them lately—can't stand Meg's ikeyness. 1932Amer. Speech VII. 401 Iky, to jew down the price; to cheat. ‘He ikied me out of my turn.’ 1960Wentworth & Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang, Ike v., to cheat; to lower the price by haggling; to ‘Jew down’. |