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grinnie

grinnie is the alternative form of grinny.

Meaning of grinny

Noun

grinny (plural grinnies)

  1. (Pennsylvania, Western) An eastern chipmunk, Tamias striatus.
    • Reason thus, and if your heart beats till it hurts your ribs as a gray squirrel whisks across the dry leaves or a ‘grinny chipmunk’ waves you a derisive signal with his little flag from a log before your very nose, call yourself ‘fool,’ ‘idiot,’ anything that comes handy.[1898 November, B. W. Mitchell, “A Thanksgiving Deer Hunt in West Virginia”, in Outing, page 143

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Forms of grinnie

pluralgrinnies

Questions about grinnie

What is grinnie the alternative form of?
Grinnie is the alternative form of grinny.

Words near grinnie in the dictionary

  1. Grinnells
  2. grinner
  3. grinners
  4. grinnest
  5. grinneth
  6. grinnie
  7. grinnies
  8. grinnin'
  9. grinning
  10. grinning and bearing it
  11. grinning from ear to ear

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