sheeney
Americannoun
PLURAL
sheeneysExample Sentences
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Since Sheeney Mike and the gas-tube over the transom in Chinatown, I don’t know of a more baffling set of clews.
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You look something like a sheeney at any rate.
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According to the stories, and there are hundreds told about him, he was the smoothest Sheeney that ever swore by Moses.
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David didn't like Gideon, rightly thinking him a Sheeney.
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The Fighting Sheeney was, however, quieted by the planton's order; whereas Rockyfeller continued to talk and munch to his heart's content.
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