ginny

ginny

See also: Ginny

English

Etymology

    From gin + -y.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɪni/
    • Rhymes: -ɪni

    Adjective

    ginny (comparative more ginny, superlative most ginny)

    1. Affected by gin; resembling or characteristic of gin.
      • 1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 41, in Of Human Bondage:
        ‘Oh, to hell with art!’ he cried. ‘Let's get ginny.’
      • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 60:
        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.

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