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spinneys

spinneys is the plural of spinney.

Meaning of spinney

Noun (1)

spinney (plural spinneys)

  1. (UK) A small copse or wood, especially one planted as a shelter for game birds.
    • “H'm !" he said, "so, so — it is a tragedy in a prologue and three acts. I am going down this afternoon to see the curtain fall for the third time on what […] will prove a good burlesque ; but it all began dramatically enough. It was last Saturday […] that two boys, playing in the little spinney...1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Lisson Grove Mystery”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London...

Noun (2)

spinney (plural spinneys)

  1. Synonym of spinnaker.
    Synonyms:
    spinnaker

See all 3 meanings of spinney

Proper noun capitalized: Spinneys

Spinneys

  1. (plural) plural of Spinney

Questions about spinneys

What is spinneys the plural of?
Spinneys is the plural of spinney.
What part of speech is spinneys?
Spinneys is a proper noun.

Words near spinneys in the dictionary

  1. spinnest
  2. spinnet
  3. spinneth
  4. spinnets
  5. spinney
  6. spinneys
  7. spinnier
  8. spinnies
  9. spinniest
  10. spinniken
  11. spinnikens

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