- 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
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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
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 Robert I. Fulton
But lang may her minny look o'er the wa', But lang may she seek i' the green-wood shaw; Lang the laird o' Duneira blame, And lang, lang greet or Kilmeny come hame!
From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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
“Have ye minny of me unshaved sons aboard?”
From Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea by William Heysham Overend
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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