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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'Jewish lightning' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions Jewish lightning noun (-, sg=Jewish lightning) Supposed cause of a fire which is in fact deliberately lit by the property owner in order to benefit from insurance or similar such as destruction of documents. 1996, The insurance companies, many of which were Jewish, referred to "" when unfortunate fires burned down warehouses in the East End. — w:John le Carré, John le Carré, interviewed at salon.com http://www.salon.com/weekly/lecarre961021.html        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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