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spinney
[ spin-ee ]
noun
British.
plural spinneys.
- a small wood or thicket.
spinney
/ ˈ²õ±èɪ²Ôɪ /
noun
- a small wood or copse
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of spinney1
C16: from Old French espinei, from espine thorn, from Latin ²õ±èÄ«²Ôa
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Less than half a mile to the west, they came upon a spinney adjoining the southern edge of Caesar’s Belt.
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Merry went in front leading a laden pony, and took his way along a path that went through a spinney behind the house, and then cut across several fields.
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The flowery meads and bird-fruitful spinneys of the Arras teemed and rippled over the four walls.
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He led me into a small spinney, ample enough to hide us from view.
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Then they made a tour of inspection of the whole farm and surveyed with speechless admiration the ploughland, the hayfield, the orchard, the pool, the spinney.
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