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spinney

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spin·ney  (spn)
n. pl. spin·neys Chiefly British
A small grove; a copse.
[Obsolete French espinoi, from Old French espinei, thorny place, from Vulgar Latin *spnta, pl. of Latin spntum, thorn hedge, from spna, thorn.]
spinney
Noun
Chiefly Brit a small wood: the hollow tree in the spinney [Old French espinei]
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Noun1.spinney - a copse that shelters game
brush, coppice, copse, thicket, brushwood - a dense growth of bushes
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom


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Come and look for violets with me in the spinney, and let us talk of the houses we are going to build, and the dreams we shall dream in them.
The Vanished Messenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
Never had his gold been so golden, his azure so dazzlingly clear and deep as on this particular May morning; while his fancy simply ran riot in the marginal decorations of woodland and spinney, quaint embroidered flowers and copses full of exquisitely painted and wonderfully trained birds of song.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
Meanwhile, Sir Huddlestone has hoisted himself unwieldily on the Nob: "Let's try Sowster's Spinney, Tom," says the Baronet, "Farmer Mangle tells me there are two foxes in it.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
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