Crossword clues for heinie
The Collaborative International Dictionary
heinie \hei"nie\ (h[imac]"n[=e]), n. The buttocks; -- a word used with children. [slang]
Syn: ass, butt, buttocks, rear end, derriere, rump, behind.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also Heine, as a typical name of a German man, 1904, North American slang, from pet form of common German masc. proper name Heinrich (see Henry). Brought to Europe in World War I by Canadian soldiers (British soldiers called the adversary Fritz).
slang for "the buttocks," by 1930s, probably a contraction of hind end.
Wiktionary
n. (context slang English) The buttocks.
Wikipedia
Heinie may refer to:
- A slang term for the buttocks
- A derogatory term used for German soldiers that originated in World War I, short for Heinrich; also a crewcut haircut (from the stereotypical German soldier's haircut)
- Heineken International, a Dutch brewing company
- A popular nickname for German and German-American baseball players (particularly those named Henry—"Heinrich" in German) in the early part of the 20th century. At least 22 Major League Baseball players went by the nickname Heinie, including:
- Heinie Beckendorf (1884–1949)
- Heinie Berger (1882–1954)
- Heinie Elder (1890–1958)
- Heinie Groh (1889–1968)
- Heinie Heitmuller (1883–1912)
- Heinie Heltzel (1913–1998)
- Heinie Jantzen (1890–1948)
- Heinie Kappel (1863–1905)
- Heinie Manush (1901–1971)
- Heinie Meine (1896–1968)
- Heinie Mueller (outfielder) (1899–1975)
- Heinie Mueller (second baseman) (1912–1986)
- Heinie Odom (1900–1970)
- Heinie Peitz (1870–1943)
- Heinie Reitz (1867–1914)
- Heinie Sand (1897–1958)
- Heinie Scheer (1900–1976)
- Heinie Schuble (1906–1990)
- Heinie Smith (1871–1939)
- Heinie Stafford (1891–1972)
- Heinie Wagner (1880–1943)
- Heinie Zimmerman (1887–1969)
- Other famous Heinies include:
- Harry C. Aderholt (1920–2010), U.S. Air Force brigadier general nicknamed "Heinie"
- Heinie Beau (1911–1987), jazz composer, arranger, saxophonist and clarinetist
- Heinie Conklin (1886–1959), an actor who was a regular in Mack Sennett comedies in the silent era.
- Heinie Miller (1893–?), early National Football League (NFL) player
- Heinie Schultz, played in the American Professional Football Association in 1920
- Heinie Weisenbaugh (1914–1965), NFL running back
Usage examples of "heinie".
On 8 May 1924, Joe Howard was in Heinie Jacobs’ bistro on South Wabash Avenue, explaining to some acquaintances that all dagoes were cowards, when an overweight young Italian walked in through the door.
Then he went off to France to fight the Heinies, fell out of an airplane while on a reconnaissance mission (or so the story has it), and was killed.
When the Heinies go home tonight, we must catch up on home town gossip.
I wish I could tell her where…but if I stuck my head up over the parapet, I might see some heinies if one of them didn’t see me first.
She was totally vulnerable, yet she was also mooning this austere woman with her naked heinie.
Heinie had not scrupled to say that Rango was a lot more use on the show and a lot better person, even though not human, than a little floozie who just stood up and let a dummkopf of a husband throw knives at her.
Heinie Faust (under the pseudonym Max Brand) produced hundreds of Westerns in his career and sold millions of copies of his work, by writing only two hours a day.