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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