minny

¹

[ min-ee ]

noun

, Chiefly Inland North and North Midland U.S..

, plural min·nies.

1. minnow.

minny

²

[ min-ee ]

noun

, Scot. and North England.

, plural min·nies.

1. minnie.

Word History and Origins

Origin of minny¹

Perhaps *min ( Old English myne minnow) + -y ²

Example Sentences

It woke Minny and Aibileen up to the fact that they were risking their lives writing this book.

From The Daily Beast

No, but you 'bout to,” Minny replies, “ 'cause you just did.

From The Daily Beast

Minny on her white employer: “She smiles like the thought never entered that hairsprayed head of hers.”

From The Daily Beast

“I must be crazy, giving sworn secrets a the colored race to a white lady,” Minny says.

From The Daily Beast

She leaned her face to the furry head on her shoulder, and he recognized Minny by the strange pattern of his back and tail.

From Project Gutenberg

Indeed it had given him no little uneasiness lately to see how sweetly Minny sometimes smiled on young Powell.

From Project Gutenberg

He had married Minny Adams with the full consent of her parents and the opposition of all her other friends.

From Project Gutenberg

I took out my work, and Minny began to read Locksley Hall, which was then a new poem on this side the water.

From Project Gutenberg

He loved Minny Adams better than anything on earth, and the girl had great influence over him.

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