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linney noun
- Southwest English dialect a lean-to shed
Examples from the Web for linney Contemporary Examples of linney
The scene where Linney is placing Hoffman in a head brace will have you in stitches.
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Marlow Stern
February 2, 2014
After giving Linney a relatively harmless peck on the cheek, Busey went wild, grabbing Garner and kissing her neck.
The Daily Beast Video
September 18, 2009
Historical Examples of linney
In one corner was a linney, with a thatched roof supported on wooden pillars in front and closed in at back and sides.
Walter Besant
Well, Mr. Scantlebray, I understand the linney and cow-shed is to be pulled down.
Sabine Baring-Gould
Here he looked cautiously out of the linney towards the wood and the road.
Walter Besant
Morley Hall is a mile and a half to our right, and now they’re coming round to the Linney.
Anthony Trollope