peyger
Definitions
v. (of an animal) To die.
n. A carcass.
Example Sentences
"They will not survive those 7-10 years intact (and may they peyger after less than a year of hazing and other torment)." (source)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
Y פּגרן peygern, פּגר peyger
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
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Alternative Spellings
payger, peiger, paiger
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