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Definition of Spinnies
1. spinny [n] - See also: spinny
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spinnies
Literary usage of Spinnies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History and Antiquities of the Newport Pagnell Hundreds by Oliver Ratcliff (1900)
"... population, 121: and rateable value ^784. The farms are Lodge farm. Brook farm,
and King's Head farm ; and there- are two small woods or spinnies ..."
2. Transactions (1878)
"It appears from the documents still existing that the spinnies were at that ...
Upon the Dissolution of Religious Houses by Henry VIII., the spinnies were ..."
3. The Industries of Russia by Russia Ministerstvo finansov, John Martin Crawford, World's Columbian Exposition (1893)
"Where here and there these birch spinnies are absent, ... The consumption is
enormous, and the birch spinnies are melting away like spring snow. ..."
4. Eighty Years' Reminiscences by John Anstruther-Thomson (1904)
"I have consulted many farmers and the oldest inhabitants on the subject, and they
all say that Bosworth spinnies like other coverts in that parish belong ..."
5. The History of the Belvoir Hunt by Thomas Francis Dale (1899)
"Lord Forester brought the hounds to the window of the Royal carriage for her
Majesty's inspection, and they were shortly after thrown into the spinnies, ..."
6. The History of the Belvoir Hunt by Thomas Francis Dale (1899)
"Three foxes were a-foot, and on settling to one, he went off to Clawson Thorns,
where, being headed by some foot people, he turned back towards the spinnies ..."
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