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grinnies

grinnies is the plural of grinny.

grinnies is the plural of grinnie.

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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Questions about grinnies

What is grinnies the plural of?
Grinnies is the plural of grinny.

Words near grinnies in the dictionary

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

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