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  • Meany
    Meany
    noun
    George, 1894–1980, U.S. labor leader: 3rd president of the AFL 1952–55; 1st president of the AFL-CIO 1955–79.
  • meany
    meany
    noun
    a variant spelling of meanie
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Meany

American  
[mee-nee] / ˈmi ni /

noun

  1. George, 1894–1980, U.S. labor leader: 3rd president of the AFL 1952–55; 1st president of the AFL-CIO 1955–79.


meany British  
/ ˈmiːnɪ /

noun

  1. informal a variant spelling of meanie

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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One of them, Kelly Goodlett, has pleaded guilty and is expected to testify against the others, Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany, in their joint trial next year.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2023

On the one hand, City Light installed a very small battery system in 2021 at Seattle’s Miller Community Center, next to Meany Middle School, with no problems reported to date.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2023

A trial date has not been set for the case against the other two officers, Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2023

“My hopes for the labor movement are growth, dynamism, militancy,” he said in 1979 after the retirement of his mentor, Meany.

From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2023

Ky Ebright and his boys arrived in Seattle late on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 14, and checked into the Edmond Meany Hotel.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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