See heeb on Wiktionary
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"ref": "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:",
"text": "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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"A Jew."
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"(slang, US, outdated, derogatory, ethnic slur) A Jew."
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"word": "Yid"
},
{
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{
"word": "kike"
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{
"word": "sheeny"
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{
"word": "shylock"
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{
"word": "hebe"
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{
"word": "Hebe"
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{
"word": "Heeb"
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"word": "Hymie"
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"word": "shylock"
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{
"word": "hebe"
},
{
"word": "Hebe"
},
{
"word": "Heeb"
}
],
"word": "heeb"
}
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