sheeny /ˈʃiːni/adjective 2noun 2forms 3 adjective2 •Having a sheen; glossy. •Bright; radiant; shining.And many a sheeny summer-morn, / Adown the Tigris I was borne, / By Bagdat's shrines of fretted gold, / High-walled gardens green and old; […] — 1830 noun2 •(slang, offensive) A Jew.Shylock chimes with the jewbaiting that followed the hanging and quartering of the queen’s leech Lopez, his jew’s heart being plucked forth while the sheeny was yet alive. — 1922 •(slang) A cheat or fraudster. formssheenies · sheenier · sheeniest
