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gunnis

gunnis is the alternative form of gunnies.

Meaning of gunnies

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

Forms of gunnis

pluralgunnises

Questions about gunnis

What is gunnis the alternative form of?
Gunnis is the alternative form of gunnies.

Words near gunnis in the dictionary

  1. gunning up
  2. Gunningbland
  3. gunningite
  4. Gunningrah
  5. gunnings
  6. gunnis
  7. gunnises
  8. gunnish
  9. Gunnislake
  10. Gunnison
  11. Gunnison County

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