heinie

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[ hahy-nee ]
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nounOlder Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
  1. a contemptuous term used to refer to a German, especially a German soldier in World War I or II.

Origin of heinie

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First recorded in 1900–05; partly Anglicized form of German Heine, familiar variant of Heinrich “Henry”; see -ie

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Other definitions for heinie (2 of 2)

heinie2

or hi·ney

[ hahy-nee ]

nounSlang.
  1. the buttocks.

Origin of heinie

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1935–40; alteration of hinder2; see -ie

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How to use heinie in a sentence

  • If you fling your grenade too soon a heinie is liable to pick it up and throw it back at you before it goes off.

    The Glory of The Coming | Irvin S. Cobb
  • "Laugh ahead, heinie," remarked Frank, though he knew the man could probably not understand him.

  • "Even a heinie can see through a milestone when there's a hole in it," commented Billy, as he watched the enemy retreating.

  • heinie Metzger ain't shrewd—he just thinks he is—and people have taken him at his own valuation.

  • Others, bored with the club dance, had come to heinie's for more fling than dancing afforded.

    The Pacific Triangle | Sydney Greenbie