heinie

heinie
heinie1
/huy"nee/, n. Slang (disparaging and offensive).
a German, esp. a German soldier of World War I.
[1900-05; partly Anglicized form of G Heine, familiar var. of HEINRICH Henry; see -IE]
heinie2
/huy"nee/, n. Slang.
the buttocks.
[1935-40; alter. of HINDER2; see -IE]

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