Definition of Sheeneys

1. sheeney [n] - See also: sheeney

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheeneys

sheds
shedsful
shee
sheebeen
sheek kebab
sheek kebabs
sheel
sheeled
sheeling
sheels
sheely
sheen
sheene
sheened
sheeney
sheeneys (current term)
sheenful
sheenie
sheenier
sheenies
sheeniest
sheening
sheenly
sheens
sheeny
sheep
sheep's eye
sheep's eyes
sheep's fescue
sheep's sorrel

Literary usage of Sheeneys

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1899)
"The other plums sold themselves in fancy groceries and fruit stores at 81.25 per peck. There is nothing overdrawn in this comparison, except the sheeneys' ..."

2. Progress and Achievements of the Colored People: Containing the Story of the by Kelly Miller, Joseph R. Gay (1917)
"... he merits the epithet, but stands as a man among the other men and is entitled to and gains their respect. Jews, as a race, are no longer "sheeneys ..."

3. Journal by California Legislature (1887)
"And he says then: £'I am going to commence at the sheeneys on the desk, ... A. Yes; as he expressed it, "I am particularly down on the sheeneys at the desk, ..."

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