sheeny
1Sheeny — Sheen y, a. Bright; shining; radiant; sheen. A sheeny summer morn. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] …
2sheeny — or sheenie [shē′nē] n. pl. sheenies [also S ] Slang a Jewish person: a somewhat old fashioned term of disparagement or contempt …
3sheeny — An offensive name for a Jew, in slang use since the nineteenth century. It has other slang meanings, such as ‘pawnbroker’, ‘tramp’, and ‘a mean person’. The origin of the word is obscure, but it is highly unlikely, as Eric Partridge suggests… …
4sheeny — 1. noun /ˈʃiːni/ A Jew. Shylock chimes with the jewbaiting that followed the hanging and quartering of the queen’s leech Lopez, his jew’s heart being plucked forth while the sheeny was yet alive 2. adjective /ˈʃiːni/ having a sheen; glossy …
5sheeny — n a Jew. The term appeared in Britain in the early 19th century when it did not necessarily have the offensive racist overtones it acquired in the 20th cen tury. Many possible etymologies have been proposed for sheeny: the three most plausible… …
6sheeny — sheen ► NOUN ▪ a soft lustre on a surface. DERIVATIVES sheeny adjective. ORIGIN from obsolete sheen «beautiful, resplendent»; apparently related to SHINE(Cf. ↑shine) …
7sheeny — adjective see sheen III …
8sheeny — 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] * * …
9sheeny — sheen·y || ʃɪËnɪ adj. shiny, brilliant, glossy, lustrous …
10sheeny — sheeny1 adjective (sheenier, sheeniest) having a sheen; lustrous. sheeny2 noun (plural sheenies) N. Amer. informal, offensive a Jewish person. Origin C19: origin unknown …
