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jenny
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Partially from generic use of the female given name Jenny (cf. Jane) and partially from informal pronunciations of engine.
Pronunciation
Noun
jenny (plural jennies)
- A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also called spinning jenny).
- A female creature of certain kinds:
- A catmill.
- In billiards and similar games, a powerful follow shot with plenty of topspin.
- 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
- Cream's potting had been extraordinary, extraordinary, I remember, said Goff. I never saw anything like it. We were watching breathless, as he set himself for a long thin jenny, with the black of all balls.
Derived terms
Translations
device for spinning — see spinning jenny
female of donkey — see she-ass
Verb
jenny (third-person singular simple present jennies, present participle jennying, simple past and past participle jennied)
Derived terms
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Finnish
Etymology
From genua by association with the given name.
Pronunciation
Noun
jenny
Declension
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Old Polish
Pronunciation
Adjective
jenny
- alternative form of iny
Polish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛnnɘ
- Syllabification: jen‧ny
Adjective
jenny (not comparable, no derived adverb)
Declension
Declension of jenny (hard)
Further reading
- Oskar Kolberg (1867), “jenny”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 271
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