jenny wren
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The wren, Troglodytes troglodytes, especially as considered (in nursery-rhymes, etc.) as the wife or sweetheart of robin redbreast.
British usage
Example Sentences
- "There would have been no one to superintend him, except a squirrel perhaps or a jenny wren, at which he might have winked."
- "But Rogers had married beneath him, and the sight of the pursy upstart [...] sitting there, in satin and feathers, lording it over his own little Jenny Wren, was more than Mahony could tolerate."
- "Female Superb Blue Wrens lack the bold pattern and colour of the male. They are often referred to by the common name of "Jenny-wren"."
Usage
- British usage
- Australian usage
- American usage