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minnit

minnit noun: minute.

Noun

minnit (plural minnits)

  1. (nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling) minute
    • I see they was goin, so I said:-- "My week-minded and misgided femails, hold your hosses a minnit, until an old statesman, who has served his country for 4 yeer as Gustise of the Peece, says a few remarks to you."1870, Various, Punchinello, Vol. II., No. 34, November 19, 1870
    • "I jest stood like a dumb critter the minnit I got in," said Marty.1876, Helen Hunt Jackson, Mercy Philbrick's Choice

Examples of minnit in a sentence

  • I'll go in 'ere for 'arf a minnit and sit down.1909, W.W. Jacobs, Sailor's Knots (Entire Collection):
  • Wait a minnit, I didn't show you my pitcher what was in de paper, did I?1936-1938, Work Projects Administration, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States:

Forms of minnit

pluralminnits

Questions about minnit

What does minnit mean?
Minnit means minute.
How do you use minnit in a sentence?
I'll go in 'ere for 'arf a minnit and sit down.
What part of speech is minnit?
Minnit is a noun.
What is the plural of minnit?
The plural of minnit is minnits.

Words near minnit in the dictionary

  1. Minnifields
  2. minning
  3. Minnipa
  4. minniritchi
  5. Minnis
  6. minnit
  7. Minniti
  8. Minnitis
  9. minnits
  10. Minnitt
  11. minnock

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