heinie

¹

[ hahy-nee ]

noun

, Older Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.

1. a contemptuous term used to refer to a German, especially a German soldier in World War I or II.

heinie

²

or hi·ney

[ hahy-nee ]

noun

, Slang.

1. the buttocks.

Word History and Origins

Origin of heinie¹

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

Origin of heinie²

1935–40; alteration of hinder ²; -ie

Example Sentences

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.

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"Laugh ahead, Heinie," remarked Frank, though he knew the man could probably not understand him.

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

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

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

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Related Words

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