ikey meaning (derogatory): definition, etymology and quotations

ikey

noun

/ˈʌɪki/

Etymology From Ike + -y, representing a colloquial abbreviation of Isaac.

My son, if you go to the races to battle with Ikey and Mo, Remember, it's seldom the pigeon can pick out the eye of the crow;1906, Banjo Paterson, Wisdom of Hafiz:
I meant to start from Barrhill, but I missed the train, and then I hung on to old Ikey-Mo, which made my alibi much better,1931, Dorothy L Sayers, chapter 29, in The Five Red Herrings:

adj

Etymology From Ike + -y, representing a colloquial abbreviation of Isaac.

Derogatory, Ethnic, Slang, Slur Having negative traits stereotypically associated with Jews; cunning, supercilious.

Clara had always been ‘ikey’ – reserved and superior.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 10”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
What Arthur Griffith said about the headpiece over the Freeman leader: a homerule sun rising up in the northwest from the laneway behind the bank of Ireland. He prolonged his pleased smile. Ikey touch that: homerule sun rising up in the northwest.1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC: