bagel bender

English

Noun

bagel bender (plural bagel benders)

1. (ethnic slur, slang) A Jew.
   • 1980, Sam Ross, Windy City, page 76:

     So I went to New York with the fox and lox crowd, the bagel benders, the shleppers, to hook an agent.

   • 2010, Mel Staley, A Deadly Settlement:

     “I'll be goddamned,” Tony said cursing, “Leave it up to some fucking bagel' bender ^[sic] to think of away of making money on someone's misfortune, and it's all legal?”

   • 2011, James Ellroy, American Tabloid, page 204:

     Kablkoff: "It's like you talking Yiddish. Everybody wants to think they're connected. Everybody wants to be in the loop."
     Mad Sal: "The Loop's downtown, you fat bagel bender."

Related terms

• spaghetti bender
• taco-bender