On pickle days, Francie goes to the Hebrew man in the neighborhood store to buy a Jewish pickle.
When she goes to the store, the old Jewish man gets insulted when she asks for a "penny sheeny pickle" (Smith) Francie does not know that the word sheeny is an insult to Jewish people.
It is a slang word used to call Jews, kike or hebe, or worse. Francie uses the word without knowing what it means. But the Hebrew man can't stand the little Irish girl.
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