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yenny

yenny noun: one yen (unit of Japanese currency); a coin worth one yen.

Noun

yenny (plural yennies)

  1. (informal) One yen (unit of Japanese currency); a coin worth one yen.
    • Went down to see the friendly gas peopl^([sic]) the other day. After I made it clear that I wasn't really in the mood to pay 650,000 little yennies for an oven, they relented and gave me the general lowdown on the kind of oven I need to get.1996 May 29, Victor Murray, “Re: Wanted: A real oven”, in fj.life.in-japan (Usenet)

Forms of yenny

pluralyennies

Origin of yenny

From yen + -y (diminutive suffix), probably influenced by penny.

Questions about yenny

What does yenny mean?
Yenny means one yen (unit of Japanese currency); a coin worth one yen.
What part of speech is yenny?
Yenny is a noun.
What is the plural of yenny?
The plural of yenny is yennies.

Words near yenny in the dictionary

  1. yennep
  2. yenneps
  3. yennies
  4. yenning
  5. Yennora
  6. yenny
  7. yenom
  8. Yenpien
  9. yens
  10. Yensembam
  11. Yenser

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