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sheeney

American  
[shee-nee] / ˈʃi ni /

noun

Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.

plural

sheeneys

  1. sheeny.

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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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