minny
1 Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of minny
Perhaps *min ( Old English myne minnow) + -y 2
Example Sentences
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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
"I'll bet a hundred dollars there hasn't been even a minny in this creek for the last sixty years!"
From Ramsey Milholland by Tarkington, Booth
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 Fulton, Robert I.
Was hard luck a minny us done ketched a whale.
From Lady Luck by Wiley, Hugh
"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 Wilson, John Mackay
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