Green’s Dictionary of Slang

box of glue n.

[rhy. sl.]

(US) a Jew.

1928		R.J. Tasker Grimhaven 180: We took it on the heel and toe down to the old box of glue on the corner.
1935		A.J. Pollock Und. Speaks 12/2: Box of glue, a Jew.
1953		Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Sl. (2nd edn).