minnie
noun
mother; mom.
minnie
1 American
[min-ee]
/ ˈmɪn i /
Or
minny
noun
Scots and North England Informal.
Minnie
2
American
[min-ee]
/ ˈmɪn i /
noun
Etymology
Origin of minnie
First recorded in 1600–10; origin uncertain; perhaps a pet name variant of mither
Example Sentences
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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
‘Tis naething but a broad sow, My minnie sent to me.’
From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Frank Sidgwick
My minnie learned me to dance, Bab at the bowster, bab at the bowster; My minnie learned me to dance, Bab at the bowster brawly.
From Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk by Robert Ford
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
Police have named her as Minnie Merriman from West Yorkshire.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Paddick and her children, Sid and Minnie, are among thousands of Hampshire residents caught up in the dragnet, which has pulled in drone pilots, schoolchildren and the local airport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Daughters Pearl, Andy and Minnie are 13, 10 and 8, respectively.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
Minnie filled her letters with news of her fast-intensifying romance and expressed wonder that such a handsome man had chosen her to be his wife.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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