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Compare gin (“an engine”), ginny-carriage.
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jinny road
Today it means: An inclined road in a coal mine, on which loaded cars descend by gravity, drawing up empty ones. Full definition →
Today it means: An inclined road in a coal mine, on which loaded cars descend by gravity, drawing up empty ones. Full definition →
Compare gin (“an engine”), ginny-carriage.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.