- a variation of minnie.
minny
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minnies
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minnies
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of minny
Perhaps *min ( Old English myne minnow) + -y 2
Example Sentences
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"In minny cases it's pure nerve thot pulls him through."
From Frank Merriwell Down South by Burt L. Standish
Ye are a bonny like man," said Meg, "to tak' yer minny to speak for ye before the session.
From The Lilac Sunbonnet by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
An' he tould jist how the smash occurred— Full minny a tajus, blunderin' wurrd Did Finnigin write to Flannigan Afther the cars had gone on agin.
From Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform by Robert I. Fulton
"What think ye, minny?" she cried, as she held up her hands.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIII by John Mackay Wilson
I'll gamble a whole month's pa-ay That it will be minny an' minny a da-ay Befoore Sup'rintindint—that's Flannigan— Gits a whack at this very same sin ag'in.
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells
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
"Better slow up, Henry, or you'll drop your minnies."
From The Hickory Limb by Rose Cecil O'Neill
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