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sheeny

1

[ shee-nee ]

adjective

sheenier, sheeniest.
  1. shining; lustrous.


sheeny

2
or ·Ա, ·Ծ

[ shee-nee ]

noun

Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.
plural sheenies.
  1. a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.

sheeny

/ ˈʃːɪ /

noun

  1. slang.
    a derogatory word for a Jew
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sheeny1

First recorded in 1615–25; sheen + -y 1

Origin of sheeny2

First recorded in 1810–20; origin obscure
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sheeny1

C19: of unknown origin
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On Decoration Day, 1908, they were playing football, and after the game they went into the kitchen, procured large butcher knives, and came out to cut the "sheenies" up.

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Those 'Parisian' sheenies can stay out if they want for all me.

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I gave them Warfield, then; I was always good at taking off the sheenies in the alley behind the Cruelty—remember?

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But to-morrow the hanger-on Nozdrunov will yell that it's necessary to string up all the socialists, to beat up all the students and massacre all the sheenies, who partake of communion in Christian blood.

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I never saw in all my life at sea as many sheenies as are on board the Elsinore right now. 

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