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shiksa
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun shiksa has 1 sense
- shiksa(n = noun.person) shikse - a derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women; Array is a kind of adult female, woman
OXFORD DICTIONARY
shiksa, n. often offens. (used by Jews) a gentile girl or woman.
Etymology
Yiddish shikse f. Heb. si&qdbelow.s{acirc} f. sheqes detested thing + -{acirc} fem. suffix
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