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guinea
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n 1: a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings
2: (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
[syn: wop, dago, ginzo, Guinea, greaseball]
3: a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a
French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958
[syn: Guinea, Republic of Guinea, French Guinea]
4: a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white;
native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the
world [syn: guinea fowl, guinea, Numida meleagris]
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jinni
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n 1: (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and
believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence
mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals [syn:
genie, jinni, jinnee, djinni, djinny, djinn]
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mini
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adj 1: used of women's clothing; very short with hemline above
the knee; "a mini dress"; "miniskirts" [ant: maxi,
midi]
n 1: a very short skirt [syn: miniskirt, mini]
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ninny
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n 1: a stupid foolish person [syn: nincompoop, poop,
ninny]
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shinny
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n 1: a simple version of hockey played by children on the
streets (or on ice or on a field) using a ball or can as
the puck [syn: shinny, shinney]
v 1: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: clamber,
scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle,
sputter]
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skinny
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adj 1: being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a
long scrawny neck" [syn: scraggy, boney, scrawny,
skinny, underweight, weedy]
2: of or relating to or resembling skin
3: fitting snugly; "a tightly-fitting cover"; "tight-fitting
clothes" [syn: tight-fitting, tightfitting, tight
fitting, tightly fitting, skinny]
4: giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing
administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a
penny-pinching miserly old man" [syn: cheeseparing,
close, near, penny-pinching, skinny]
n 1: confidential information about a topic or person; "he
wanted the inside skinny on the new partner"
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spinney
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n 1: a copse that shelters game
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tinny
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adj 1: of or containing tin
2: of very poor quality; flimsy [syn: bum, cheap, cheesy,
chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny]
3: thin and metallic in sound; lacking resonance; "an unpleasant
tinny voice"
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whinny
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n 1: the characteristic sounds made by a horse [syn: neigh,
nicker, whicker, whinny]
v 1: make a characteristic sound, of a horse [syn: neigh,
nicker, whicker, whinny]
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hinny
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n 1: hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or
ass; usually sterile; "a hinny has a gentler disposition
than a mule"
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pliny
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n 1: Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books
of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113)
[syn: Pliny, Pliny the Younger, Gaius Plinius
Caecilius Secundus]
2: Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while
observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79) [syn: Pliny,
Pliny the Elder, Gaius Plinius Secundus]
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blini
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n 1: Russian pancake of buckwheat flour and yeast; usually
served with caviar and sour cream [syn: blini, bliny]
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pinny
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n 1: a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other
clothing [syn: jumper, pinafore, pinny]
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cine
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binney
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binnie
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briney
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finney
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finnie
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ginnie
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ginny
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iny
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kinney
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kinnie
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kinny
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linney
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minney
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minny
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phinney
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quinney
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winnie
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mackinney
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mckinney
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mckinnie
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mckinny
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mcwhinney
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