joanie

nounattested in dialogue

A small ornament of glass or china.

noun

1
historicalA small ornament of glass or china.
"Your dogs!" cried Mr. Bridle. "You ninnyhammer! Why, us could buy a pack of they joanies in Newton for half-a-crown."
Miss Romilly shares her mother's interest in beautiful and artistic things. Her great hobby is the collecting of "Joanies," or cottage pottery, and she has some very valuable as well as peculiar examples in her delightful country home, Huntington Park, Herefordshire.
Lady Romilly also writes both prose and poetry, and has made a collection of old-fashioned pottery known to rustics as "joanies".
She thinks more of the joanies and gimcracks on her parlour mantelshelf than she do of you, and it's your duty in my opinion to plan a proper eye-opener for Rose.

Forms

plural: joanies

Jo · A female given name.JO · A job order employee.Joan · A female given name from French, a feminine form of John.

joanie · A small ornament of glass or china.

Joanie · A diminutive of the female given name Joan, from French.joanna · A piano.Joanna · A female given name from Latin [in turn from Hebrew].

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