yonnie

noun

Australian children's slang a stone

Word Origin

from a native Australian language

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Examples from the Web for yonnie

Historical Examples

Accepting fate, Yonnie scrambled up and plodded after the wagon.
Blind Man's Lantern
Allen Kim Lang
I had been dreaming all the time of how much I should have liked to hold that little flaxen-haired "Yonnie" in my arms.
There is no Death
Florence Marryatt
He immediately returned, took up "Yonnie," and brought her out into the circle on his arm.
There is no Death
Florence Marryatt
Yonnie, the Ayrshire bull, tossed his head and sat as the rope tightened on his noseband.
Blind Man's Lantern
Allen Kim Lang

yonnie

Word Origin

Examples from the Web for yonnie

Historical Examples

Accepting fate, Yonnie scrambled up and plodded after the wagon.

I had been dreaming all the time of how much I should have liked to hold that little flaxen-haired "Yonnie" in my arms.

He immediately returned, took up "Yonnie," and brought her out into the circle on his arm.

Yonnie, the Ayrshire bull, tossed his head and sat as the rope tightened on his noseband.