| 单词 | to jew down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto jew down to jew down transitive. To drive (a person) down in price by haggling; to drive (a price) down by haggling. offensive.See note at main sense 1. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > bargaining > bargain over [verb (transitive)] > drive down (prices or a person) by bargaining haggle1589 cheapen1655 screw1677 to beat down1793 to jew down1835 banter1839 Jew1851 ike1932 1835 Indiana Jrnl. 12 June Ever since 1816 we have had a claim of seventy three millions of francs against France. Gen. Jackson sends Rives over to attend to it; he acted like a horse jockey, and told them if he could not get all he would take less—he was jewed down. 1893 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 494/2 The cheapest one cost nine dollars, an' that after I'd jewed the price down some. 1937 Scribner's Mag. Apr. 25 Thought we might get the divorce a little under fifty dollars. Maybe we might jew the young man down. 2015 A. Titley tr. M. Ó Cadhain Dirty Dust iv. 107 The bargaining began. He wanted to Jew me down to nothing. < as lemmas |
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