Meany

American

[mee-nee] / ˈmi ni /

noun

George, 1894–1980, U.S. labor leader: 3rd president of the AFL 1952–55; 1st president of the AFL-CIO 1955–79.

meany British

/ ˈmiːnɪ /

noun

informal a variant spelling of meanie

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One of them, Kelly Goodlett, has pleaded guilty and is expected to testify against the others, Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany, in their joint trial next year.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2023

Jaynes and Meany are set to be tried together next year.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 30, 2023

On the one hand, City Light installed a very small battery system in 2021 at Seattle’s Miller Community Center, next to Meany Middle School, with no problems reported to date.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2023

Former detectives Brett Hankison, Joshua Jaynes and Kelly Goodlett and former sergeant Kyle Meany face the first federal counts stemming from Taylor’s death, amid mounting anger from civil rights activists and Taylor’s family.

From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2023

Ky Ebright and his boys arrived in Seattle late on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 14, and checked into the Edmond Meany Hotel.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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