English

Proper noun

Heinie

1. (US) A diminutive form of Heinrich, or its English cognate Henry, sometimes applied to a person of (real or supposed) German heritage.
   • 1999, William Martin Anderson, The Detroit Tigers, page 48,

     Henry "Heinie" Manush,^{[Heine Manush]} yet another outfield prospect, joined the Tigers in 1923, having impressed management with his outstanding Western League batting average of .375 the previous season. Major league pitching proved no mystery to Heinie either, as he connected for a .334 batting average in 1924, his freshman season.

   • 2010, Wayne Mausser, Chicago Cubs Facts and Trivia, Third Edition, page 27,

     Heinie^{[Heine Zimmerman]} played with the Cubs from 1907 thru 1916, as a third baseman.

   • 2011, Warren Trest, Donald B. Dodd, Wings of Denial: The Alabama Air National Guard's Covert Role at the Bay of Pigs, page 27,

     Lieutenant Colonel Harry C. “Heinie” Aderholt,^{[Harry C. Aderholt]} who was born and raised in Birmingham, had been with the CIA since the Korean War and now commanded clandestine air operations out of Okinawa and Thailand. Heinie Aderholt knew most of the Alabama Guard pilots.

Noun

Heinie ‎(plural Heinies)

1. (US, slang) A German, especially a German soldier.
   • 2005, John B. Babcock, Taught to Kill, page 99,

     "Let's go get them heinies, Sergeant," I challenged, with forced good cheer.

   • 2009, John Wayne Gorman, Dorothy Gorman Yundt, Patrick Quinn, Compass: U.S. Army Ranger, European Theater, 1944-45, page 58,

     The Heinies had run off. We were suspicious; the boys were a little nervous because in a hedgerow we didn't know where our friends and foes were. Suddenly Bud said, “Damn, there's a Heinie over there. There's his helmet!”

   • 2009, Sonya Jason, Maria Gulovich, OSS Heroine of World War II, page 131,

     At the outcry of “Heinies!" Gaul jumped out of the window and bolted for the woods.

English

Noun

heinie ‎(plural heinies)

1. (slang) The buttocks.
   • 1992, Olivia Goldsmith, The First Wives Club, page 200,

     She had spent enough time kissing heinies to wear her lips right off. And Shelby Symington didn't like kissing heinies. Down in Atlanta, where she was from, people used to line up to kiss hers.

   • 2001, Stephen Coonts, America: Jake Grafton, Book 9, 2013, unnumbered page,

     “I hope you're right,” Jake said, “because if you aren't “Jacob Lee Grafton, we've been betting our heinies for a lot of years. One more big bet won't make any difference.”

   • 2007, Sarah Mayberry, Hot for Him, page 68,

     But Leandro simply could not reconcile himself to the thought of her taking all the risk to save both their heinies.