Hymie town

Czech translation: židácké město

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English term or phrase:Hymie town
Czech translation:židácké město
Entered by: Jiri Lonsky

22:07 Jul 1, 2019
English to Czech translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / NYT article
English term or phrase: Hymie town
The context was as follows (I paraphrase): "New York si often thought of as a hymie town" (found in a NYT article some years ago, in a general/political article about life in the Big Apple)
George Pelka
United States
Local time: 09:50
židácké město
Explanation:
Nebo jiný poněkud pejorativní výraz pro "židovský"...
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Jiri Lonsky
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hymie town
židácké město


Explanation:
Nebo jiný poněkud pejorativní výraz pro "židovský"...

Example sentence(s):
  • Jesse Jackson in his 1984 presidential campaigne calls New York City "Hymie Town" to refer to the city's Jews in an off record conversation with Milton Coleman.

    https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hymie
Jiri Lonsky
Czech Republic
Local time: 15:50
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agree  Pavel Rieger
8 mins
  -> Díky, Pavle

agree  Ivan Šimerka
1 hr
  -> Díky, Ivane
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