ganeyve

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Definitions

  • n. Theft, robbery.

  • n. A bargain; good deal.

Example Sentences

  • A 'ganeyve' is a 'steal.' This is even better than a 'metziah.'" (source)

  • "I don't feel right about using the firm's phone like this—it's kind of geneva." (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y גנבֿה ganeyve

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      ganayve, ganayveh, ganeyveh

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