jenny : Idioms & Phrases

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creeping jenny

  • noun a loosestrife vine
    creeping Charlie; moneywort; Lysimachia nummularia.
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Jenny ass

  • noun female donkey
    jenny; jennet.
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  • (Zoöl.), a female ass.
Webster 1913

jenny lind

  • noun Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887)
    Swedish Nightingale; Lind.
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jenny wren

  • noun any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects
    wren.
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mule-jenny

Mule"-jen`ny noun
Definitions
  1. See Mule, 4.
Webster 1913

silver jenny

  • noun silvery mojarra found along sandy shores of the western Atlantic
    Eucinostomus gula.
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Spinning jenny

  • noun an early spinning machine with multiple spindles
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  • (Mach.), an engine or machine for spinning wool or cotton, by means of a large number of spindles revolving simultaneously.
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william le baron jenny

  • noun United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)
    Jenny.
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