Green’s Dictionary of Slang

hebe adj.

Jewish.

1929		W. Winchell On Broadway 15 Aug. [synd. col.] A pair of heeb operation-talkers were trying to out-talk each other on their respective ailments.
1937		J. Tully Bruiser 108: Bless his Hebe heart.
1951		Green & Laurie Show Biz from Vaude to Video 569: Hebe comic – Jewish comedian.
1958		Southern & Hoffenberg Candy (1970) 85: Who’s that Hebe doctor?
1970		‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 3: We’ll make it special, you Heeb son-of-a-bitch.
1974		(con. 1945) E. Thompson Tattoo (1977) 296: Cline [...] That’s with an Irish C, not a Heeb K.
1979		G. Wolff Duke of Deception (1990) 128: A drunk [...] called Duke a ‘Hebe sonofabitch.’.
1986		C. Stroud Close Pursuit (1988) 239: You’re supposed to have said ‘Hebe cocksucker.’.
2001		(con. 1964–8) J. Ellroy Cold Six Thousand 57: Jack prayed — heavy-duty hebe shit.