shonicker
shonicker noun: a Jew.
Noun
shonicker (plural shonickers)
- A Jew.
- “Well, if you ask me, Barney is a combination of eight ball, mick, and shonicker,” said McArdle, one of the corner topers.1932, James T. Farrell, chapter 6, in Young Lonigan, →ISBN, section 3, page 156
- “You and I are expendable here, Charlie,” Humboldt said. “Why? I'll tell you. We're Jews, shonickers, kikes. Here in Princeton, we're no threat to Sewell.”1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →ISBN, page 124
Forms of shonicker
| plural | shonickers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | shoniker |
| alternative form | shonikker |
| alternative form | shonnicker |
| alternative form | shonniker |
| alternative form | schonocker |
Origin of shonicker
From Yiddish [Term?] (“small trader”).
Questions about shonicker
- What does shonicker mean?
- Shonicker means a Jew.
- What part of speech is shonicker?
- Shonicker is a noun.
- What is the plural of shonicker?
- The plural of shonicker is shonickers.
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