janny

/ (ˈdʒænɪ) /


nounplural -nies
  1. Scot informal a janitor

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How to use janny in a sentence

  • Obama's Young Mother Abroad janny Scott, The New York Times Magazine She carried her chin a few degrees higher than most.

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  • Ariels selfishness smote him consciously; he thought with a pang of janny, and he made resolutions.

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  • janny winced; she had never lived with genius, and, somehow, she thought it would be different.

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  • Under his scrutiny janny sat serenely with a more than wonted air of self-possession.

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  • janny sighed comfortably, her head still upon his shoulder, the weariness easing away from her heart.

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  • janny dear, corrected Ariel, with a look straight into her eyes, ye mean the material did.

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