minnie

== English == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === A variant of minnow. ==== Noun ==== minnie (plural minnies) Alternative spelling of minnow. === Etymology 2 === Uncertain; probably a variant of mammy. Compare mummy. ==== Noun ==== minnie (plural minnies) (Northern England, Scotland, endearing, chiefly childish, obsolete) Mother, mummy. === Etymology 3 === Clipping of minenwerfer +‎ -ie. ==== Alternative forms ==== Minnie ==== Noun ==== minnie (plural minnies) (World War I military slang) A minenwerfer trench mortar. === References === Lighter, Jonathan (1972), “The Slang of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1917-1919: An Historical Glossary”, in American Speech‎[1], volume 47, number 1/2, page 79 == Scots == === Noun === minnie (plural minnies) (informal) mother; mummy