or shickser, schickster, subs. (common).—A woman: specifically (among Jews) = (1) a female servant not of the Jewish faith; and (2) a woman of shady antecedents. SHICKSTER-CRABS = ladies’ shoes.
1857. SNOWDEN, Magistrates Assistant (3rd ed.), 446. A lady—A SHIKSTER.
1899. BINSTEAD, Houndsditch Day by Day, 91. ‘No Mr. Motzaberger,’ says the schveet young SHIKSA.
1891. F. W. CAREW, No. 747. being the Autobiography of a Gipsy, 414. As I was leavin’ the Court, a reg’lar ’igh-flyin’ SHICKSTER come up.
