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▪ I. sheeny, n.1 slang.|ˈʃiːnɪ|
Also shen(e)y, sheeney, -ie.
[Of obscure origin: cf. Russ. zhid, Pol., Czech žid (pronounced (ʒiːd)) a Jew.]
A Jew. Now only as a term of vulgar abuse.
1816J. H. Lewis Lectures on Art of Writing (ed. 7) vi. 84 A motley-fool the thing I mean is, One of the common puffing sheenies. 1824in Spirit Publ. Jrnls. (1825) 85 Orange Battery among the Sheenes [? read Sheenies]. Sketches at Bow-Street.—No. V. 1828Egan Boxiana Ser. ii. I. 632 A good day's play among the Sheenies. 1893Foreman Trip to Spain 34 A Portuguese Jew (a ‘sheeny’, as he is termed by the sailors). 1918G. Frankau One of Them x. 75 What cared Jill for Grand Dukes, Principini,..For Russ, Yank, Dago, Teuton, Gaul, or Sheeney? 1946[see lid n. 1 f]. 1976Honolulu Star-Bull. 21 Dec. e3/3 Hey mom, there's a couple of sheenies at our door with a turkey.
attrib.1888Kipling Soldiers Three, In Matter of a Private, You lie, you man-sticker. You sneakin' Sheeny butcher, you lie. 1977H. Fast Immigrants ii. 88 Maybe we didn't do so bad for a Dago fisherman and a sheeny storekeeper.
▪ II. sheeny, n.2|ˈʃiːnɪ|
[App. a. F. chiné ppl. a., woven of threads of different colours.]
In full Pompadour sheeny: a silk fabric.
1902Bladud (Bath) 26 Mar. 6/3 A very lovely one [dinner jacket]..was of Pompadour sheeny. Ibid. 7/1 Our parasols are to be of sheeny with coloured sticks.
▪ III. sheeny, a.|ˈʃiːnɪ|
[f. sheen a. + -y.]
Covered with sheen, full of sheen; having a bright, shiny surface.
1625Milton Death Fair Infant 48 Or did of late earths Sonnes besiege the wall Of sheenie Heav'n. 1717Fenton Odyss. xi. Poems 103 The sheeny form of Epicaste. 1749Collins Ode Superst. Highl. 153 Wreath'd with sheeny gold. 1825Scott Talism. ii, His sheeny and crescent-formed sabre. 1830Tennyson Madeline ii, The silken sheeny woof. 1852M. Arnold Empedocles ii. i, The eagle..Droops all his sheeny, brown, deep-feather'd neck. 1871M. Collins Marq. & Merch. III. 152 A soft gray sheeny silk. 1893Times 8 July 12/1 A sheeny background of white satin.
Comb.1897Sir H. Johnston Brit. Central Africa 3 Darters with sheeny plumaged bodies of greenish-black.
b. transf. and fig.
1834Disraeli Rev. Epick ii. ix, So in the night Of ages..riseth some lofty sage The depth of darkness with his sheeny wit Piercing. 1884Harper's Mag. June 149/1 Its sheeny vanes of rhetoric. |