Etymology

gunnies

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Today it means: A vacant space left in the ground after a lode has been mined. Full definition →

Cornish gonis
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The story

  1. Cornish · borrowed fromgonis“gunnies”
  2. English todaygunnies

Borrowed from Cornish gonis (“gunnies”).

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