minnie
noun
mother; mom.
minnie
1 American
[min-ee]
/ ˈmɪn i /
Or
minny
noun
Scots and North England Informal.
Minnie
2
American
[min-ee]
/ ˈmɪn i /
noun
Etymology
Origin of minnie
First recorded in 1600–10; origin uncertain; perhaps a pet name variant of mither
Example Sentences
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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
It’s but a pair of water-stoups, My minnie sent to me.’
From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Sidgwick, Frank
How dan, dilly dow, Hey dow, dan, Weel were ye're minnie.
From Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk by Ford, Robert
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