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• minnie
  minnie

  noun

  mother; mom.
• Minnie
  Minnie

  noun

  a female given name, form of Mary.

minnie

¹ American  

[min-ee] / ˈmɪn i /

Or minny

noun

Scots and North England Informal.

1. mother; mom.

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Minnie ² American  

[min-ee] / ˈmɪn i /

noun

1. a female given name, form of Mary.

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Etymology

Origin of minnie

First recorded in 1600–10; origin uncertain; perhaps a pet name variant of mither

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Example Sentences

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minnie Minnie

I need you to perform at her party with specifically a minnie mouse dead-mow-five head… not a mickey mouse dead-mow-five head.

From Time ● Mar. 2, 2016

With the belligerence of Ukip leader Nigel Farage, standard-bearers of the unapologetically three-dimensional say: Shove your skinny minnie game, because we're not playing.

From The Guardian ● May 11, 2013

Get a minnie mouse bandage and go to sleep.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2010

These did the trick and over came a "rum-jar" as the "minnie" shells are generally called.

From "Over There" with the Australians by R. Hugh (Reginald Hugh) Knyvett

When first I gaed to woo my Jenny, Ye then was trottin wi’ your minnie: Tho’ ye was trickle, slee, an’ funny, Ye ne’er was donsie: But hamely, tawie, quiet an’ cannie, An’ unco sonsie.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns

Molly Ridge, a stylist at Minnie May Closet, was about to film a promotional Instagram reel for the shop when she noticed the filming outside.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Here’s what I know: There’s a fetus inside a woman’s uterus, and the fetus can communicate in an omniscient, echoing Minnie Mouse voice with its mother.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026

Minnie Merriman, from West Yorkshire, died at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee after being found seriously injured at an industrial estate in the town.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Daughters Pearl, Andy and Minnie are 13, 10 and 8, respectively.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026

She hired a local woman named Minnie whose sole job was washing the laboratory glassware using the only product Margaret would allow: Gold Dust Twins soap.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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