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gunniss

gunniss 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 gunniss

pluralgunnisses

Questions about gunniss

What is gunniss the alternative form of?
Gunniss is the alternative form of gunnies.

Words near gunniss in the dictionary

  1. Gunnison
  2. Gunnison County
  3. Gunnison River
  4. Gunnison's prairie dog
  5. Gunnison's prairie dogs
  6. gunniss
  7. gunnisses
  8. gunnist
  9. gunnists
  10. Gunnoe
  11. Gunnoes

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