gunnies

G2U1N1N1I1E1S1

noun

A vacant space left in the ground after a lode has been mined.

OriginCornish gonis →
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gunnies1

noungunnies (plural gunnies or gunnieses)

plural gunnieses · alternative gunnis · alternative gunniss

  1. CornwallbusinessA vacant space left in the ground after a lode has been mined.

    At the mines of Bruay the gunnies are filled by rubbish from the surface, carried down through pipes by a current of water.

    1911, Mining Journal, page 811

gunnies2

noun
  1. pluralplural of gunny

Origin

  1. Cornishgonis“gunnies”
  2. Englishgunnies

Borrowed from Cornish gonis (“gunnies”).

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