- ****ninny (also picaninny,
piccaninny or pickininnie) is a
pidgin word for a
small child,
possibly derived from the
Portuguese pequenino ('boy, child...
-
elderly Ninny Threadgoode. Over
several encounters,
Ninny tells Evelyn about the long-abandoned town of
Whistle Stop and its residents.
Ninny's tale begins...
- was
longlisted for the 2007
Carnegie Medal. His
young adult novel, The
Ninnies was
listed by the
Irish Times as one of the children's
books of the year...
- An idiot, in
modern use, is a
stupid or
foolish person. 'Idiot' was
formerly a
technical term in
legal and
psychiatric contexts for some
kinds of profound...
- middle-aged housewife, and
Ninny Threadgoode, an
elderly woman who
lives in a
nursing home.
Every w****
Evelyn visits Ninny, who
recounts stories of her...
- diminutive: Иванушка-дурачок, Iv****hka-durachok), also
called Ivan the
Ninny, is a
lucky fool
stock character who
appears in
Russian folklore, a very...
- 1957–1987,
edited by the poet
David Bergman. He
wrote one novel, A Nest of
Ninnies, with
fellow poet
James Schuyler, and in his 20s and 30s
penned several...
- of the Two
Maids of More-clacke, as well as
Foole upon Foole, A Nest of
Ninnies (1608) and The
Italian Taylor and his Boy.
Armin changed the part of the...
-
versions were
offered as a
premium in 1909: "Aunt
Jemima Pancake Flour / Pica
ninny Doll / The
Davis Milling Company".
Early versions were portra**** as poor...
- coxcomb, fribble,
popinjay (meaning 'parrot'), dandy, fashion-monger, and
ninny.
Macaroni was
another term of the 18th
century more
specifically concerned...
