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Definition of Sannies
1. sannie [n] - See also: sannie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sannies
Literary usage of Sannies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"Upon my sannies,' a mild oath. Sark, sb. a shirt. Barking, sb. a coarse kind of
linen'; a sheeting of wood under the slates of a roof. Saturday. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"Same of, same as. ' Can you give me a knife the same of that ?' Sang. ' Ton my
sang,' a mild kind of oath. sannies. ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1824)
"... They principally consist of English sannies of Henry III. and Edward I.
coined at London, Lincoln, Can-, ..."
4. The Republic of Letters: A Selection, in Poetry and Prose, from the Works of edited by Alexander Whitelaw (1835)
"Ha ! ha ! ha! by my sannies, Nancy, as to market-makin', they may all throw their
caps at ye; ye thief o' the world, ye can do them nately." " Ha! ha ! ha! ..."
5. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"Upon my sannies,' a mild oath. Sark, sb. a shirt. Barking, sb. a coarse kind of
linen'; a sheeting of wood under the slates of a roof. Saturday. ..."
6. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"Same of, same as. ' Can you give me a knife the same of that ?' Sang. ' Ton my
sang,' a mild kind of oath. sannies. ..."
7. The Gentleman's Magazine (1824)
"... They principally consist of English sannies of Henry III. and Edward I.
coined at London, Lincoln, Can-, ..."
8. The Republic of Letters: A Selection, in Poetry and Prose, from the Works of edited by Alexander Whitelaw (1835)
"Ha ! ha ! ha! by my sannies, Nancy, as to market-makin', they may all throw their
caps at ye; ye thief o' the world, ye can do them nately." " Ha! ha ! ha! ..."
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