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refu-jew

refu-jew
 n.— «We are Soviet Jewish refugees in America (“refu-Jews,” the joke would go).» —“The Mother Tongue Between Two Slices of Rye” by Gary Shteyngart Threepenny Review (New York City) Spring, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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