jenny
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- //ˈd͡ʒɛni//
A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also called spinning jenny).
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A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also called spinning jenny).
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A female creature of certain kinds: A female donkey.
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A female creature of certain kinds: A female wren.
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A female creature of certain kinds: A female cat.
Of course all the stock went by road and the house cat—a jenny it was—was put into a basket and driven in the trap along with one or two particular things and the women.
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A female creature of certain kinds: A female crab.
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A catmill.
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In billiards and similar games, a powerful follow shot with plenty of topspin.
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.
Etimologia
Partially from generic use of the female given name Jenny (cf. Jane) and partially from informal pronunciations of engine.
verbo
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To wind finished lace onto cards ready for sale.
Forme
- plurale
- jennies
- passato
- jennied
- participio passato
- jennied
- participio presente
- jennying
- 3ª persona singolare
- jennies
jenny · A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also called spinning jenny).
Jenny · A female given name.Jensen · A surname from Danish [in turn originating as a patronymic]…Jeong · A surname from Korean, a more recent transliteration of Chung.