would give a Jew's eye

Meaning: (colloquial,idiomatic,dated,nowoffensive)Would give a great deal;indicating that one desires something greatly.1865, Skunks (Major, pseud.),The Great Battle of Patchumup(page 32)Iwould give a Jew's eye, I would give my ears, for a five minutes' chat with either of them.1894, George Cupples, ‎James Hutchison Stirling,Scotch Deer-hounds and Their Masters(page 47)Specimens were there visible, not now as yet at all equalled by our most zealous present-day exhibitors, and for a single graft of whose strain, now lost, some of thesewould give "a Jew's eye."1910, Thomas W. Hanshew,Cleek: The Man of the Forty FacesI'd give a Jew's eyefor a handful of those apple blossoms—they are divine!

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