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• a variation of minnie.

minny

¹ American  

[min-ee] / ˈmɪn i /

noun

Chiefly Inland North and North Midland U.S..

minnies plural

1. minnow.

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minny ² American  

[min-ee] / ˈmɪn i /

noun

Scot. and North England.

minnies plural

1. minnie.

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• minnies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of minny

Perhaps *min ( Old English myne minnow) + -y ²

Example Sentences

If I think there may be a minny to meet them, I tell them there is a minny, and probably two.

From Letters to Helen Impressions of an Artist on the Western Front by Henderson, Keith

He wus shantyin' thin, wuz Finnigin, As minny a railroader's been agin, An' the shmoky ol' lamp wuz burnin' bright In Finnigin's shanty all that night— Bilin' down his repoort, wuz Finnigin.

From Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform by Fulton, Robert I.

Sae lang in the mornins ye lie, Mair fit ye was helping yer minny To milk a’ the ewes and the kye.”

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI by Leighton, Alexander

Mebby you have heard," sez he, "that we are now engaged in making most important laws concerning moth-millers, and minny fish, and hog cholera.

From Samantha on the Woman Question by Holley, Marietta

Then I'm thinking, ma'am, I've cooked the likes of them minny a time and oft in the owld counthry when I bided with Mister Maginnis the grate counsillor in Dublin.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various