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sheeny | sheens |

As a noun sheeny

is a Jew.

As an adjective sheeny

is having a sheen; glossy.

As a verb sheens is

third-person singular of sheen.

sheeny

English

Etymology 1

Origin unknown.

Noun

(sheenies)
  • (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A Jew.
  • * 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses :
    • 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
  • * 1946 , Mezz Mezzrow & Bernard Wolfe, Really the Blues , Payback Press 1999, p. 6:
    • One time in Humboldt Park Leo "Bow" Gisensohn, our leader, didn't like the way a cop down by the lake called him "sheeny ."
    Synonyms
    * yid * kike

    Etymology 2

    From sheen + -y.

    Adjective

    (er)
  • having a sheen; glossy
  • Bright; shining; radiant.
    • A sheeny summer morn. — Tennyson.

    sheens

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sheen)

    • sheen

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) shene, from (etyl)

    Adjective

    (wikipedia sheen) (en adjective)
  • (rare, poetic) beautiful, good-looking, attractive; radiant; shiny.
  • * Fairfax
    • Up rose each warrier bold and brave, / Glistening in filed steel and armor sheen .

    Noun

    (sheens)
  • splendor; radiance; shininess.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shine; to glisten.
  • * Byron
    • This town, / That, sheening far, celestial seems to be.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The letter in the Arabic script.