shenzis

Now we step up to a class that would resent being called shenzis as it would resent an insult.

African Camp Fires Stewart Edward White 1909

It was mortally wounded; one of the natives, the "shenzis," saw it fall but said nothing and slipped away to get the horns and meat for himself.

VII. Wild Hunting Companions 1916

However, after having been in our employ a little while, and after having adopted the fez, jersey, and short trousers—and, as a matter of pure pride and symbolism, boots—they all regarded themselves as of an elevated social status, and openly looked down on the unregenerated "shenzis" or natives who were still in the kirtle-of-banana-leaves cultural stage.

VII. Wild Hunting Companions 1916

As for the personal attendants, the gun-bearers, tent-boys, and saises, as well as the head men and askaris, or soldiers, they felt as far above the porters as the latter did above the shenzis.

VII. Wild Hunting Companions 1916

When we are near that safari we tie up the two _shenzis_.

The Leopard Woman Stewart Edward White 1909

"They are _shenzis_ such as no man here ever saw before."

The Leopard Woman Stewart Edward White 1909

Let us now follow Simba, Mali-ya-bwana, and their six men and the two strange _shenzis_ who were to act as guides.

The Leopard Woman Stewart Edward White 1909

"I will go, _bwana_, and take the _shenzis_ with me."

The Leopard Woman Stewart Edward White 1909

Perhaps your men are no longer tired: perhaps you will get the _shenzis_.

The Leopard Woman Stewart Edward White 1909

"Many of these people are _shenzis_," Mali-ya-bwana pursued his own thought.

The Leopard Woman Stewart Edward White 1909