Meaning of Yiddishlike | Babel Free

Definitions

Rare spelling of Yiddish-like.

alt-of, rare

Examples

““Chicken Soup,” 9:30 p.m., ABC, premieres Tuesday. Comedy. Yiddishlike Jackie Mason still sounds here like he just got off the boat. “I’m a wonderful poyson,” says Jewish carpet salesman Jackie Fisher (Mason), who lives with his mother (Rita Karin) while having a secret affair with Catholic Maddie Peerce (Lynn Redgrave), otherwise known as “the shiksa next door.””

“Practically no one could ignore the by now stock Jewish figures that they displayed: impecunious, shabbily dressed Ostjuden (eastern European Jews) displaying their own distinguishing signs and speaking a corrupt, Yiddishlike German; […]”

“The children of the two families, with the help of the rabbi and other villagers, fool their parents into sharing the Seder, and peace is restored. This original story has a folktale flavor and a wry, Yiddishlike tone of voice.”

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