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shonickers

shonickers is the plural of shonicker.

Meaning of shonicker

Noun

shonicker (plural shonickers)

  1. (US, dated, ethnic, offensive, slur) 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

Questions about shonickers

What is shonickers the plural of?
Shonickers is the plural of shonicker.

Words near shonickers in the dictionary

  1. Shongphoog
  2. Shongum
  3. Shoni
  4. shonichi
  5. shonicker
  6. shonickers
  7. shoniker
  8. shonikers
  9. shonikker
  10. shonikkers
  11. Shoniqua

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