donny
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The eccentric we generally regard as something of a donny, dotty, harmless type, like the British peer who threw over his Cambridge fellowship in order to live in a bath.
From Time Magazine Archive
She's a voice like an angel—oh, she'll be a primy donny one of these days.
From Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color by Matthews, Brander
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