Kosher Nostra

专有名词

英文释义

专有名词
  1. A nickname for Jewish-American organized crime. dated,historical,informal
    — The rise of the kosher nostra began at the turn of the century when the brutish Monk Eastman (Jacob Osterman) ended the reign of the Irish gangs in the Five Point area of the old East Side.
  2. A nickname for various groups of Jewish people. dated,derogatory,figuratively,humorous,informal
    — "and that's when people began speaking of us as the Jewish Mafia, the Kosher Nostra and things like that[…]"

词形变化

the Kosher Nostra canonical kosher nostra alternative

词源

A pun on Cosa Nostra and kosher.
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