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jennet, genet, gennet [ˈdʒɛnɪt] n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called jenny a female donkey or ass 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a small Spanish riding horse [from Old French genet, from Catalan ginet, horse of the type used by the Zenete, from Arabic Zanātah the Zenete, a Moorish people renowned for their horsemanship] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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If ye see the laird, tell him what ye hear; tell him this makes the twelve hunner and nineteen time that Jennet Clouston has called down the curse on him and his house, byre and stable, man, guest, and master, wife, miss, or bairn -- black, black be their fall Instead of falling, the cursed jennet was irritated, and carried him on more furiously than ever. |
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