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Florry had said that he was a "Sheeny," but there was nothing of the Jew about him apart from his colouring, his brilliant dark eyes; unless it were a sort of inner glow, an ardour, curbed by his almost childlike shyness, lack of self-confidence in everything apart from his music: that something, at once finer and more cruelly persistent, vital, than is to be found in the purely Anglo-Saxon race.
The Best British Short Stories of 1922 Various 1915
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Florry had said that he was a "Sheeny," but there was nothing of the
The Best British Short Stories of 1922 John Cournos 1915
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I do everything, from Sheeny monologue to team song and dance and Dutch comedian.
Amateur Night 2010
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In September we moved on Lucknow in style, with fresh troops under Outram, a dirty-looking little chap on a waler horse, more like a Sheeny tailor than a general.
Fiancée 2010
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I sort of got used to being called Jewboy and Dirty Jew and Kike and Sheeny.
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I sort of got used to being called Jewboy and Dirty Jew and Kike and Sheeny.
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He also took time to compose and sing a little ditty about Houdini: Harry Houdini, he sure is a Sheeny, A man with a crook in his shoe.
The Secret Life of Houdini William Kalush 2006
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He also took time to compose and sing a little ditty about Houdini: Harry Houdini, he sure is a Sheeny, A man with a crook in his shoe.
The Secret Life of Houdini William Kalush 2006
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Sheeny greyish green, like the gum – leaves become vivid: and yellowish breast, like the suave gum – tree trunks.
Kangaroo 2004
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A huge red-headed Irishman was named "Sheeny Solomon."
The Rough Riders Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 1992
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