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hinny

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈhɪ.ni/Part of speech nounSorted hinnyStarts with HEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass; usually sterile

Word origin

From Latin hinnus, from Ancient Greek ἴννος (ínnos), γίννος (gínnos). Possibly cognate with hinnire (“to whinny”).

Used in a sentence

  • The curer said nothing to the cowboy but went straight to the mule, or hinny, rather, being out of San's big jenny by Alder's white horse.
  • Open the door, my hinny, my heart, / Open the door, my own darling; / Mind you the words that you and I spoke, / Down in the meadow, at the World’s End Well.
  • `You will make a great diagnostician, nae doot, my hinny, but you need tae improve your bedside manner.'

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