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Jerry; Gerry
nickname- a German; the Germans US, 1915
Derogatory, often as an abstract reference to Germans as the enemy whether at war or football. Possibly derived from “Jerry” (a chamber pot) in reference to the shape of German military helmets; more likely, as “Gerry”, an elaborated abbreviation of “German”. - There was one right on our flank, full of Jerries. — Derek Bickerton, Payroll, p. 32, 1959
- The two best wars this country has fought were against the Jerries. — Harold and Maude, 1971
- Jerry’s annoyed. He’s sent up a couple of Stukkas. — Johnny Speight, It Stands to Reason, p. 60, 1973
- “Listen, any more of that and I’m going to nick you under the Race Relations Act -” “That’s for Lucozades [black people]–not for Jerries.” — Anthony Masters, Minder, p. 158, 1984
- When I go to see my mother she says yes, she was terrified, thought it was the Jerries again. — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 148, 2001
- a foreman on a railway track crew US, 1867
- — Norman Carlisle, The Modern Wonder Book of Trains and Railroading, p. 265, 1946
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