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

I have watched these operations many times, but never saw the minnie attempt to enter the nest; indeed, he could not have done, so, the opening not being large enough.

From Wild Life in a Southern County by Jefferies, Richard

My minnie will no' be here till the mornin', and then we'll hae company belike.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)