ginny

comparative more ginny · superlative most ginny

1. Affected by gin; resembling or characteristic of gin.

   ‘Oh, to hell with art!’ he cried. ‘Let's get ginny.’

   1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 41, in Of Human Bondage

   1 more example

   she burst out singing ‘God be with you till we meet again!’ and her lovely ginny voice rang out like a trumpet and a bell and you could have heard it to the Town Church.

   1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 60

plural ginnies · alternative ginney

1. historicalbusinessA stationary engine for hauling coal out of a mine.

plural Ginnys · plural Ginnies · alternative Ginni · alternative Ginnie · alternative Ginney

1. A diminutive of the female given names Virginia and Ginevra.

   “Everyone who knew Ginny knows she had a special soul, one that radiated with love,” a statement on the page read. “She was a caregiver through and through, whether caring for patients, family, and especially in caring for her beloved furry friends.”

   2022 October 26, Christina Zdanowicz, Claudia Dominguez, Lauren M. Johnson and Sara Smart, “The Waukesha victims included an 8-year-old boy, a loving grandmother and a woman excited to make her debut in the Dancing Grannies”, in CNN