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nonny-nonny

American  
[non-ee-non-ee] / ˈnɒn iˈnɒn i /

interjection

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

    with a hey nonny-nonny.


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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!

From Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Churchill, Winston

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

From The Crossing by Churchill, Winston

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