English Explanatory Dictionary

oven dodger

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Jewish person.

Word forms

oven dodger oven dodgers oven-dodger

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.

Related words

oven magnet
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