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Sheeny

//ˈʃiːni// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a sheen; glossy.
  2. 2
    Bright; radiant; shining.

    "And many a sheeny summer-morn, / Adown the Tigris I was borne, / By Bagdat's shrines of fretted gold, / High-walled gardens green and old; […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    reflecting light wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A Jew. ethnic, offensive, slang, slur

    "May I never get groggy, if I shall ever forget the joke between you and the old Sheenie, when you threatened to throw him overboard for selling you a dumb time-keeper. ‘Blesh ma heart,’ said the Jew, while his under works shook like a cutter’s foresail going about, ‘how could you expect de vatch to go well, ven de ship vas all in confusion?’ an excuse that saved him from sailing ashore in a skuttle-bucket."

  2. 2
    (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew wordnet
  3. 3
    A cheat or fraudster. slang

Etymology

Etymology 1

Seems to have originated in 1820s London. Could be a mockery of Yiddish שיין (sheyn, “beautiful, nice”), much used in praising wares.

Etymology 2

From sheen + -y.

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