shegetz

shegetz
/shay"gits/, n., pl. shkotzim /shkawt"sim/. Yiddish (often disparaging).
1. a boy or man who is not Jewish.
2. a Jewish boy or man whose attitudes and behavior are felt to resemble those of a gentile. Cf. shiksa.

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