2. Noun. (plural of meanie) ¹
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Definition of Meanies
1. meanie [n] - See also: meanie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meanies
Literary usage of Meanies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origins of the British Colonial System, 1578-1660 by George Louis Beer (1908)
"... wrote to Salisbury in 1611 about the activity of the English pirates in the
Channel, pointing out that "this peaceable tymes affords no meanies of ..."
2. Read It Again!: Revisiting Shared Reading by Brenda Parkes (2000)
"This section features Joy Cowley's much loved meanies. Because most shared books
lend themselves to written innovations at the word, phrase, or whole-text ..."
3. The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland by Scotland Privy Council (1905)
"Patrik and Robert meanies, his sonis thair. William Andersone thair. William Walace
thair. Georg Anderson thair. ..."
4. The Manuscripts of the Duke of Beauford, K. G.: The Earl of Donoughmore, and by Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset Beaufort, John Henry Gurney, William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton, Robert William Ketton, Church of England Diocese of Ely, George Atherton Aitken, Philip Vernon Smith, Ely Cathedral Dean and chapter, Gloucester Cathedral Dea (1891)
"The wealth he gott to make his meanies greate." (14 1.) ib. vi. " Why how now,
Robin ? discontented quite ? " (48 1.) f. 12. vii. ..."
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