Heinie n.
1. (also Heine, Heiney, Hiney) a derog. term for a German; also attrib. [Ger. proper name, Heinz].
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | S.F. Call 10 Aug. 8: [cartoon] Pat and Heiny Lend the helping Hand. ‘Heiny — it’s nary the hand thot yez’ll touch to that bundle.’ ‘It vas my tooty to der human race...’. | |
| Life In Sing Sing 249: Hiney. German. | |
| Salt Lake Herald (UT) 25 Aug. 4/1: Hiney stayed and watched [...] These were Germans, much of Dutch Gus’ type. | |
| ‘The New Fable of the Speedy Sprite’ in Ade’s Fables 35: A famous Hungarian Fiddler [...] backed up by sixty Symphonic Heineys wearing Spectacles, was giving a Recital. | |
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | One Man’s War (1929) 60: It would be just like those dirty Heinies to write my name on a 77 and have me quietly bumped off. | |
| diary 14 Sept. 🌐 After ten shots the Hienies [sic; ‘Heinies,’ or Germans] came out 300 and surrendered. | |
| Gunner Depew 81: Guess you never thought you’d see me here in this tin derby, picking Fritzes and Heinies, did you? | |
| Two & Three 25 Oct. [synd. col.] At future Heinie operas, the programs will be printed after the show. | |
| (con. WWI) Soldier and Sailor Words 117: Heine (or Hiney). A German. | |
| New York Day by Day 5 Feb. [synd. col.] Heinie [...] was a Chinese upon whom was bestowed a Teutonic name because of his fondness for sauer kraut. | |
| (con. 1918) Red Pants 3: You guys was all moanin’ because you couldn’t get Heinie in the open. | |
| Gangster Girl 128: Tell that mick, Gillespie, he may as well fold up now, an’ that Heinie, Schuyder, he’ll see his daugher —i n hell! | |
| (con. 1920s) Big Money in USA (1966) 890: He’s a Heinie, used to work for the Fokker outfit. | |
| Tucker’s People (1944) 364: Love thy neighbour if he’s not a Catholic or a Jew or a Seventh Day Adventist or a nigger or a greaser or a ginzo or a hunkie or a bohunk or a frog or a spick or a limey or a heine or a mick or a chink or a jap or a dutchman or a squarehead or a mockie or a slicked-up greaseball from the Argentine. | |
| Asphalt Jungle in Four Novels (1984) 196: That Heinie, he’s smart. | |
| For Your Eyes Only (1962) 182: You ain’t told him that those Heinies up front ain’t just for ornament? | |
| Who is Teddy Villanova? 169: Heinies later gassed me in the Argonne. I never breathed right since. | |
| Dict. of Invective (1991) 279: Other generics include: [...] Heinie, another German. | |
 | (ref. to 1917) ‘A Brief Hist. of Company C (87th Division, 346th Infantry)’ 🌐 During the long winter, when we were not in quarantine or learning to chase Heinies, they had us rutting down and currying the scrubby Southern oak for firewood. |
2. attrib. use of sense 1.
| One Man’s War 86: It was now only a problem of finding a suitable place to make a landing and be sure that the Heinie pilot didn’t destroy the plane . | |
| (con. WW1) Great Adventure 270: Sometimes [...] we’d go over in the particular spot in the Heinie lines where we knew there was a very touchy Archie outfit . | |
| Kingsblood Royal (2001) 11: He thinks that only people like us, from British and French and Heine stock, amount to anything. | |
| Augie March (1996) 140: Gray, heinie hair, clipped to the fat of the scalp. | |
| On the Waterfront (1964) 124: He referred to Captain Schlegel as ‘You Heinie bastard’. |
3. (US, also Heiny) a bottle or can of Heineken lager beer [abbr.].
| Sat. Night Live [NBC-TV] How ’bout a Heinie, honey? [HDAS]. | |
| Campus Sl. Spring 3: heiny – Heiniken beer. | |
| Way Past Cool 88: Here, this last Heinie got your name all over it. | |
| Slangman Guide to Dirty Eng. 97: Some people call a Heineken beer a ‘Heinie’. |