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English
Etymology
Clipping of Hebrew.
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heeb (plural heebs)
- (slang, US, outdated, derogatory, ethnic slur) A Jew.
- Synonyms: (not always pejorative) Yid, Hymie, kike, sheeny, shylock
1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Quit Foolin’ with That Comb”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 1 (1899–1923: A Nothin’ but a Child), page 49:Most of the famous and up-and-coming performers of the day […] were heebs, and the boys had the feeling that we should all stick together and not knock the big names of "our" race.
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