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jenny Definition

jenny (jenē)

noun pl. -·nies

  1. spinning jenny
    1. the female of some birds a jenny wren
    2. a female donkey

Etymology: < Jenny

Jenny Definition

Jenny (jenē)

noun

a feminine name

jenny Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • creep: Controlling invasive plants Some creeping rock plants, such as creeping jenny, become invasive by the middle of the summer.
  • invent: By the time he was sixteen the spinning jenny invented by Hargreaves in 1767 had been introduced at Hall i ' th ' Wood.
  • use: By 1811, only 3.1 % of Lancashireâs cotton capacity was accounted for by small workshops using the spinning jenny.

Adjective modifier

  • spinning: By the time of his death, more than 20,000 spinning jennies were in use.
  • first: In the first or second of those years - ie 1763 or 1764 - Leather attested, Highs built his first jenny.

Modifies a noun

  • wren: The little jenny wren, whose nest I mentioned in my previous letter, has now hatched out her family.
  • return: Jenny returns to the dining room with two glasses of wine.
  • cage: I'm now looking to buy a jenny cage.
  • life: Jenny lives in London and is working on her fourth novel and a TV series.
Jenny Quotes

Jenny kissed me when we met, Jumping from the chair she sat in; Time, you thief, who love to get Sweets into your list, put that in: Say I'm weary, say I'm sad, Say that health and wealth have missed me, Say I'm growing old, but add, Jenny kissed me.

—Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh

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