spinney
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of spinney
1300–50; Middle English < Middle French espinei (masculine), espinaie (feminine) a place full of thorns, derivative of espine spine; compare Late Latin spīnētum difficulty, equivalent to Latin spīn ( a ) thorn ( spine ) + -ētum noun suffix ( see arboretum)
Example Sentences
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Senior Devon, Plymouth and Torbay coroner Philip Spinney said Ms Hitchings suffered blunt trauma that led to haemorrhagic shock.
From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025
Central to the case, the jury was told, is Mendy’s home, called The Spinney, which was described as an isolated mansion.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2022
Carol Spinney, who portrayed Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, retired in 2018 after 49 years as a cast member.
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2021
Middleton and Spinney address Chaplin’s romantic scandals but sympathetically dwell on his persecution by anti-Communists in the United States.
From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2021
Did she do these sketches in the Spinney?
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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