- sheenie
- shee·nie
English syllables. 2014.
sheenie
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sheenie — noun see sheeny II … Useful english dictionary
sheeny — sheeny1 /shee nee/, adj., sheenier, sheeniest. shining; lustrous. [1615 25; SHEEN + Y1] sheeny2 /shee nee/, n., pl. sheenies. Slang (disparaging and offensive). a Jew. Also, sheeney, sheenie. [1810 20; orig. obscure] * * … Universalium
sheeny — or sheenie [shē′nē] n. pl. sheenies [also S ] Slang a Jewish person: a somewhat old fashioned term of disparagement or contempt … English World dictionary
GREENBERG, HENRY BENJAMIN — ( Hammerin Hank ; 1911–1986), U.S. baseball player, first Jewish sports superstar, first Jew inducted into the Hall of Fame. Greenberg was born in Greenwich Village, New York, the third of four children, to Orthodox Romanian immigrants Sarah… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
