In Yiddish, there aren't Jews who are Poles; there are Jews from Poland. A Pole is a Polyak, while a Polish Jew is a Poylisher Yid, or Poylisher for short.
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Yid
//jɪd//
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Erdman's response is confessional, 'I am a Yid... I am! My father was a Yid. Please believe me!' (p. 211).
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Cause a yid never breaks, and a yid never bends, and a yid never gives up in the night
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“You're a fucking Jew, Grünbaum!” Frege yelled. “A miserable, fucking Yid.”
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