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whipper-ginnies

whipper-ginnies is the plural of whipper-ginnie.

Meaning of whipper-ginnie

Noun

whipper-ginnie (plural whipper-ginnies)

  1. (obsolete) A slut or slattern.
    • And that fornicators (after they had obtained their desires according to the course of lawe) should, stroking vppe their crooked shankes, and belabouring their rusty beardes with their wetherbeaten fingers, seeking other wenches, meet with whipper ginnies that should knowe how to vse such old...1593, Frederick James Furnivall, Tell-Trothes New Yeares Gift

Questions about whipper-ginnies

What is whipper-ginnies the plural of?
Whipper-ginnies is the plural of whipper-ginnie.

Words near whipper-ginnies in the dictionary

  1. whipper snapper
  2. whipper snappers
  3. whipper snipper
  4. whipper snippers
  5. whipper-ginnie
  6. whipper-ginnies
  7. whipper-in
  8. whipper-ins
  9. whipper-snapper
  10. whipper-snappers
  11. whipperjawed

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