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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Jenny

/jĕn'-ē/ · Jen·ny · IPA /ˈd͡ʒɛni/
01 n. A familiar or pet form of the proper name Jane.
pl. Jennies
  1. 1.
    A familiar or pet form of the proper name Jane.
  2. 2.
    A familiar name of the European wren.(Zool.)
Phrases & compounds
Jenny ass — a female ass; also, a female of certain other animals.
02 n. A machine for spinning a number of threads at once, -- used in factories. Also called spinning jenny.
  1. 1.
    A machine for spinning a number of threads at once, -- used in factories. Also called spinning jenny. Also: spinning jenny