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gunnies

gunnies noun: a vacant space left in the ground after a lode has been mined. Also the plural of gunny.

Noun

gunnies (plural gunnies or gunnieses)

  1. (Cornwall) A vacant space left in the ground after a lode has been mined.
    • At the mines of Bruay the gunnies are filled by rubbish from the surface, carried down through pipes by a current of water.1911, Mining Journal, page 811

Also used as

gunnies is also the plural of gunny.

Forms of gunnies

pluralgunnies
pluralgunnieses
alternative formgunnis
alternative formgunniss

Origin of gunnies

Borrowed from Cornish gonis (“gunnies”).

Questions about gunnies

What does gunnies mean?
Gunnies means a vacant space left in the ground after a lode has been mined.
What part of speech is gunnies?
Gunnies is a noun.
What is the plural of gunnies?
The plural of gunnies is gunnies.

Words near gunnies in the dictionary

  1. gunnery range
  2. gunnery ranges
  3. gunnery sergeant
  4. gunnery sergeants
  5. gunnie
  6. gunnies
  7. gunnieses
  8. gunniest
  9. gunnin'
  10. gunning
  11. gunning down

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