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单词 jewing
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Jewingn.1

Brit. /ˈdʒuːɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdʒuɪŋ/
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Jew v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < Jew v. + -ing suffix1.
Now rare.
The action of getting or trying to get the better of someone by charging too much or paying too little; cheating, swindling. Also occasionally: an instance of this. Cf. Jew v. offensive.With reference to anti-Semitic stereotypes; cf. Jew n. 1b and note.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > action or practice of deceiving
swikingc1000
blindfolding?c1225
deceivancec1330
trechettingc1330
jugglingc1380
beguilingc1400
deceivingc1400
fagec1400
delusionc1420
sophisticationc1450
circumvention1534
illudinga1547
cheateryc1555
cheatingc1555
crossing1592
tricking1595
wiling?a1600
circumventing1603
practice1622
cheat1641
deluding1645
underdealing1649
amusement1658
conveyancing1676
bubbling1700
jockeyshipa1763
overreachinga1774
jockeying1779
beguilement1805
gaggery1819
trickstering1821
Jewing1842
wool-pulling1843
rigging1846
hoodwinking1858
old soldierism1866
old soldiering1867
fiddling1884
gold-bricking1901
wangling1911
finagling1926
hyping1968
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > crafty dealing > circumventing or overreaching
circumvention1534
circumventing1603
outwitting1649
overreachinga1774
Jewing1842
outwittal1875
1842 Amer. Phrenological Jrnl. 1 Apr. 118 Retailing..is only another name for bantering, jewing, bargaining about cents.
1854 D. G. Rossetti Let. 29 July in W. M. Rossetti Ruskin: Rossetti: Preraphaelitism (1899) 15 But as to his doings And jawings and jewings, William brought me the news.
1926 Market Growers Jrnl. 1 July 3 I make my retail prices about half way between grocery store wholesale and retail prices, and do not stand for any ‘jewing’ down.
2019 @theminorchords 4 Apr. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) In the Republican community where I grew up, it wasn't unusual to hear casual anti-Semitism. People used ‘Jewing’ for swindling. In the '90s!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

jewingn.2

Brit. /ˈdʒuːɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdʒuɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Jew n., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < Jew n. + -ing suffix1. So called on account of a fancied resemblance to a hooked nose (as stereotypically attributed to Jewish people).
As a mass noun. The wattles at the base of the beak in some varieties of domestic pigeon.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > parts of
purl1765
jewing1868
rose1868
kite bar1876
1868 W. B. Tegetmeier Pigeons vii. 77 This upper wattle should be met by a corresponding one (sometimes called the jewing) on the lower jaw.
1886 Cent. Mag. May 104 The jewing [in the barb pigeon] is three small knobs of cere in the middle of the lower mandible, and each side of the gape of the mouth.
1921 J. W. Williamson A to Z Pigeons (new ed.) 17 No jewing should appear on the under mandible.
1994 Amer. Pigeon Jrnl. Apr. 36/3 Trimming excessive jewing under the beak is usually done on older show birds well before the shows.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Jewingn.3

Brit. /ˈdʒuːɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdʒuɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Jew n., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < Jew n. + -ing suffix1.So called with allusion to tailoring formerly being a common profession among Jewish people; compare Jew n. 2b.
Nautical and Navy slang. Now historical.
Tailoring; sewing. Cf. Jew n. 2b.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing
sewingc1290
seama1400
poiningc1450
needle-toil1822
suturation1891
Jewing1901
1901 G. Goodenough Handy Man Afloat & Ashore 159 Men who contrive to supplement their pay by taking in ‘jewing’ (sewing).
1916 Chambers's Jrnl. May 278/2 The term ‘jewing’, as sewing is still called.
2015 A. D. Mendelsohn Rag Race iv. 93Jewing’ became the naval nickname for tailoring.

Compounds

General attributive.
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1901 G. Goodenough Handy Man Afloat & Ashore 158 Jewing-bags (bags for holding sewing materials) are replenished and ready for ‘making and mending’.
1945 ‘Tackline’ Holiday Sailor x. 102 There was the ‘Jewing-bloke’, who undertook tailoring repairs.
2015 A. D. Mendelsohn Rag Race iv. 93 A ‘Jewing firm’ was a sailor on board ship who stitched for others in his spare time.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Jewingadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Jew v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < Jew v. + -ing suffix2.
Obsolete. rare.
Overly concerned with money; given to haggling or Jewing (Jewing n.1); characteristic or suggestive of such behaviour. Cf. Jew v. 1. offensive.With reference to anti-Semitic stereotypes; cf. Jew n. 1b and note.
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society > trade and finance > bargaining > [adjective] > characterized by
Jewing1848
haggly1862
1848 O. S. Fowler Self-culture (new ed.) 110 The higher faculties of Mr. Justice restrain the action of this Jewing spirit in all who deal with him.
1866 C. Harding My Egotistigraphy iv. 79 He is a country clergyman; and, from his Jewing disposition, I should judge he had more taste in tithes than pictures.
1895 M. Monahan Youth 104 All these..offered in common mart, With a jewing cant and a cunning thrift.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019).
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