英语词汇sheeny的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	sheeny
词源	sheeny. Weekley puts a question mark to this anti-Semitic slang word, guessing that it comes “from a Yiddish pronuncia- tion of the German schon, beautiful, used in praising (peddler or merchant) wares.” But there is no firm proof here, he further advises. As an offensive word for a Jew, sheeny dates back to London’s East End in the early 19th century.
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