minnie

¹ American  

[min-ee] / ˈmɪn i /

Or minny

noun

Scots and North England Informal.

1. mother; mom.

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Minnie ² American  

[min-ee] / ˈmɪn i /

noun

1. a female given name, form of Mary.

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Etymology

Origin of minnie

First recorded in 1600–10; origin uncertain; perhaps a pet name variant of mither

Example Sentences

I need you to perform at her party with specifically a minnie mouse dead-mow-five head… not a mickey mouse dead-mow-five head.

From Time • Mar. 2, 2016

With the belligerence of Ukip leader Nigel Farage, standard-bearers of the unapologetically three-dimensional say: Shove your skinny minnie game, because we're not playing.

From The Guardian • May 11, 2013

Get a minnie mouse bandage and go to sleep.”

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2010

The artillery fire ceased, and the minnie rifles, taking up the refrain continued it until darkness closed the scene.

From The Third Day at Stone's River by Kniffin, Gilbert C.

Her plating was but pine wood to the steel projectiles, flying with almost the swiftness of a minnie bullet.

From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Coffin, Charles Carleton