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Definition of Hymie
1. Noun. (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew.
Language type: Depreciation, Derogation, Disparagement, Ethnic Slur, Argot, Cant, Jargon, Lingo, Patois, Slang, Vernacular
Generic synonyms: Hebrew, Israelite, Jew
Definition of Hymie
1. Noun. (derogatory ethnic slur) Jew ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hymie
Literary usage of Hymie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1899)
"hymie, the busboy at the Cafe Crown, who has previously put his savings into all
the Cole ventures, agrees to help with the new play until he discovers it ..."
2. Selected Articles on the Employment of Women by Edna Dean Bullock, Julia Emily Johnsen (1920)
"For, as such a mother said to the writer during a strike of cloak-makers, "Xow
our living children are hungry, and hymie is dead for want of the right food ..."
3. Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII by John Sherren Brewer, Robert Henry Brodie, James Gairdner (1901)
"—SB (signed by Lord St. John,hymie and Parys). Pat.plm5. 38. Rob. Wynter, esq., late
a minor in the King's Custody. Livery of lands as s. and h. of Roger ..."
4. A New General Biographical Dictionary by Hugh James Rose (1853)
"... of which the principal are, Opera Medica, 4to, 1742; Levons de ('hymie de
l'Université de Montpellier, 12mo,1750; ..."
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