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shonicker U.S. slang.|ˈʃɒnɪkə(r)|
Also shoniker, shonniker.
[Orig. uncertain: see quots. 1966, 1970.]
An offensive name for a Jew (see also quot. 1914).
1914Jackson & Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 75 Shoniker, current among cosmopolitan thieves, especially Jews. A neophyte or inexperienced hand at the game. 1927Dialect Notes V. 462 Shonniker, n., a Jewish pawn⁓broker. 1932J. T. Farrell Young Lonigan vi. 269 Two hooknoses..did come along. Andy and Johnny O'Brien..stopped the shonickers. 1966Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. 1964 xlii. 45 Thus folk etymology derives shonicker from Yiddish schnozzle... My colleague..suggests a derivation from Hanukkah. 1970L. M. Feinsilver Taste of Yiddish 338 Shon, shonk, shonky, shoncker, shonniker. These opprobrious terms for a Jew in England are supposed to have come from Yiddish shoniker (petty trader or peddler). |