jenny
noun
jennies
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pluralof jenny.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Perhaps most significantly, they also manufactured machines that produced parts for other machines, such as spinning jennies and flying shuttles.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
“We’re improving techniques so jennies don’t end up empty,” Zhen says.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 12, 2019
The 43-acre site is home to 150 jacks, jennies and foals.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2017
He’s physically intimidating, aesthetically off-putting, and vastly more powerful and efficient than a human—not unlike the spinning jennies and rolling mills taking over industry at the time.
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2017
But trade was fickle, and finding that he could not sell his yarns except at a loss, he made over his jennies to his son-in-law, and again went on with his road-making.
From The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain by Samuel Smiles
