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Word entry · 5 letters

jenny

Best crossword clue

"Female donkey"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈd͡ʒɛni/Part of speech nounSorted ejnnyStarts with JEnds with Y1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Female donkey or traditional personal name

Word origin

Partially from generic use of the female given name Jenny (cf. Jane) and partially from informal pronunciations of engine.

Used in a sentence

  • Of course all the stock went by road and the house cat—a jenny it was—was put into a basket and driven in the trap along with one or two particular things and the women.
  • Cream's potting had been extraordinary, extraordinary, I remember, said Goff. I never saw anything like it. We were watching breathless, as he set himself for a long thin jenny, with the black of all balls.
  • Jennifer Jo McIntire (with two Jennys now, everyone had followed Matthew’s lead and taken to calling her by her full name) […]

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