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Synonyms for jenny


Grammar : Noun
Spell : jen-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɛn i

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Définition of jenny

Origin :
  • fem. personal name, originally diminutive of Jane or Janet; attested from c.1600 as female equivalent of jack (n.), and like it applied to animals (e.g. Jenny wren, 1640s) and machinery (spinning jenny, 1783).
  • As in spinning frame : noun machine for spinning yarn
  • As in donkey : noun small domestic horselike mammal
Example sentences :
  • My cousin Jenny Fynnett is here, and desires to be my bedfellow to-night.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • "It's my own hair, Jenny Walters," said Dab, almost savagely.
  • Extract from : « St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. » by Various
  • Claps on cover, runs and sits on sofa between Jenny and Bessie.
  • Extract from : « The Universal Reciter » by Various
  • But in a note of delicious insincerity she only said aloud, "Not all, Jenny; surely not all."
  • Extract from : « Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon » by Hall Caine
  • "Yes, but that isn't to say that he'll ever come back to her," said Jenny.
  • Extract from : « Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon » by Hall Caine
  • "Why lift her up and kiss her, and forgive her, of course," said Jenny.
  • Extract from : « Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon » by Hall Caine
  • And with whom are you to stay when we reach the island, Jenny?
  • Extract from : « Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon » by Hall Caine
  • "It's plain that the good fools love each other," said Jenny.
  • Extract from : « Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon » by Hall Caine
  • "The longer apart the wider the breach, and the harder to cover it," said Jenny.
  • Extract from : « Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon » by Hall Caine
  • "I didn't think you had sense enough to know it," said Jenny.
  • Extract from : « Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon » by Hall Caine
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