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yiddish

Yid.dish \'yid-ish\ n [Yiddish yidish, short for yidish daytsh, lit., 
   Jewish German] : a High German language spoken by Jews chiefly in eastern 
   Europe and area s to which Jews from eastern Europe have migrated and 
   commonly written in Hebrew characters - Yid.dish aj