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minnies

  • plural
    of minny.
    minny
    noun

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As congestion chaos fears and security debacle woes dominate at home, the world's media salivate as Britons conform to type – emerging as a bunch of moaning minnies.

From The Guardian Jul. 20, 2012

And his calming presence helped repair relations with the Conservative government, which had branded the organisation "moaning minnies", when he took over as president in 1984.

From The Guardian Oct. 3, 2010

Her spectacular shots touched off polite patters of applause, but more often she "sold the farm," i.e., left setups for Crane, or flubbed "minnies," i.e., easy shots.

From Time Magazine Archive

Wilson has heatedly denounced "the defeatist cries, the moaning minnies, the wet editorials," but he seems unable to halt his rapid slide.

From Time Magazine Archive

This front also lent itself to heavy trench-mortar work by the Hun, and "minnies" were constantly stealing over with evil intent to batter down our flimsy breastworks.

From The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919 by S. J. Wilson

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