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minnie en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

A variant of minnow.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of minnow.
    alt of minnow
    • In quiet, sheltered places, where the water is clear but does not run too swiftly, the ‘minnie,’ as the stickleback is locally called, makes its nest by the bank. […] On these fibres the ova are deposited, and they are then either purposely partly covered with sand by the minnie, or else the particles that are brought down by the current gather over the bundle of fibres and conceal it, excepting one small spot. 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter XIX, in Wild Life in a Southern County […], London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 356:

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minnie en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

Uncertain; probably a variant of mammy. Compare mummy.

Meanings

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland, childish, endearing, obsolete) Mother, mummy.

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minnie en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

Etymology

Clipping of minenwerfer + -ie.

Meanings

  1. (World-War-I, slang) A minenwerfer trench mortar.

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