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Definition of Bonny
1. Adjective. Very pleasing to the eye. "Young fair maidens"
Similar to: Beautiful
Derivative terms: Comeliness, Fairness
Definition of Bonny
1. a. Handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful.
2. n. A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein.
Definition of Bonny
1. Adjective. (Geordie) (alternative spelling of bonnie) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bonny
1. pretty [adj -NIER, -NIEST] : BONNILY [adv] - See also: pretty
Medical Definition of Bonny
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bonny
Literary usage of Bonny
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"bonny DUNDEE TO THE Lords of Convention 'twas Claver'se who spoke,— "Ere the
King's crown shall fall there are crowns to be broke; So let each Cavalier who ..."
2. The Uncivilized Races of Men in All Countries of the World by John George Wood (1882)
"bonny is familiar to English ears on account of the yellow-black chief who was
pleased to call himself king, and who was well known in England as Pepper, ..."
3. English Prose and Verse from Beowulf to Stevenson by Henry Spackman Pancoast (1915)
"But he lo'ea the youngest aboon a' thing, By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie.
... 30 "And ye sail be heir o' half my land"— By the bonny ..."
4. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry by Thomas Percy (1887)
"THE bonny EARL OF MURRAY. A SCOTTISH SONG. IN December 1591, Francis Stewart,
Earl of Bothwell, had made an attempt to seiza on the person of his sovereign ..."
5. A Collection of Old Ballads. Corrected from the Best and Most Ancient Copies by Ambrose Philips (1723)
"bonny Dundee: Or, Jockey's Deliverance. ... To an Excellent Tune, call'd bonny
Dundee. ... and let me go free For Ife gang no more to bonny Dundee. ..."
6. The Household Book of Poetry by Charles Anderson Dana (1859)
"By the bonny milldam» of Binnorie. " 0 sister, reach me but your glove, Binnorie,
0 Binnorie ; And sweet William shall be your love."— By the bonny milldam» ..."
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