Word of the Day: NINNY-NONNY

ETYMOLOGY
– ? reduplication of ninny

EXAMPLE
“…Yes , do , my pretty little ninny nonny,
And when I’ve done , I’ll whip your brother Johnny
…”

From: Visions of Taste. A Satire.
By David Douglas, 1823
Part I. Sect. II
Vision I, The School of Poetry

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