Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gunnies

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gun-nies
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A vacant space left in the ground after a lode has been mined.

noun

plural of gunny

Example Sentences

"At the mines of Bruay the gunnies are filled by rubbish from the surface, carried down through pipes by a current of water."

Etymology

Borrowed from Cornish gonis (“gunnies”).

Inflected Forms

gunnieses (plural) gunnis (alternative) gunniss (alternative)

Questions

What does gunnies mean?: A vacant space left in the ground after a lode has been mined.
Where does gunnies come from?: Borrowed from Cornish gonis (“gunnies”).

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