nonny-nonny

American

[non-ee-non-ee] / ˈnɒn iˈnɒn i /

interjection

Archaic.

(used as a nonsense expression, especially in Elizabethan songs and verses).

with a hey nonny-nonny.

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Nonny, non′i, n. a meaningless refrain in Old English ballads, &c., usually 'hey, nonny'—often repeated nonny-nonny, nonino, as a cover for obscenity.

From Project Gutenberg

She is a self-appointed judge and censor of all that goes on in Hollywood, and she carries out her assignment with a hey nonny-nonny and the old one-two.

From Time Magazine Archive

O, there came a lass to Sudbury Fair, With a hey, and a ho, nonny-nonny!

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