lucky minnien.

Brit.

/ˈlʌkɪ ˌmɪni/, U.S.

/ˈləki ˌmɪni/, Scottish English

/ˈlʌkɪ ˌmɪnɪ/

Forms: see lucky adj. and minnie n.¹; also 1800s– lucky minie, 1900s– lucka minnie, 1900s– luki minnie, 1900s– lukie minnie, 1900s– lukka minni, 1900s– lukka minnie, 1900s– lukki minnie. Also with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lucky adj., minnie n.¹

Etymology: < lucky adj. + minnie n.¹

Scottish. Now rare (Orkney and Shetland in later use).

One's grandmother; a grandmother. Also: (a name for) a witch; a term of abuse for an old woman. Sc. National Dict. (at Luckie) records the sense ‘grandmother’ as still in use in Banffshire in 1927.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [noun] > grandmother

eldmotherc1000

grandamc1225

good-dame1400

grandmother1424

beldamc1440

lucky1629

granny1659

grandmama1694

lucky minnie1755

grandma1772

grandmammy1789

gran1829

babushka1834

abuela1836

grandmom1860

grandmum1861

grammy1886

dadi1888

minnie1888

grams1893

bubbe1895

nana1899

gram1923

nanny1927

lola1934

abuelita1937

oma1948

nain1954

nan1955

makulu1980

omi1988

1755 R. Forbes Jrnl. London to Portsmouth in tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 30 Wamlin under lucky-minny like a sturdy hoggie.

1794 ‘T. Thrum’ Look before ye Loup: Pt. 2nd 14 'Tis just sic argument as we might expect frae our lucky-minnies.

1851 W. Anderson Rhymes 163 Now, wisna this a queer auld kist My Luckyminny left to me?

1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. 68 Luckie-minnie, a term of reproach to a woman, as ‘Dou's a luckie-minnie’.

1868 G. MacDonald Robert Falconer (1870) xxiii. 150 That auld luckie-minnie o' his.

1906 Rymour Club Misc. I. 173 Peter Junker's mither, Isbel Massie, was Lizzie Lowrie's lassie's luckie-minnie.

1910 A. W. Johnston & A. Johnston Old-lore Misc. III. 9 Groti Finnie and Luckie Minnie were well known as the names of two witches who were frequently invoked to frighten naughty children.

1915 H. Beaton At Back o' Benachie 21 Ma Lucky Minnie said I sud tak' th' besom.

1956 U. Venables Life in Shetland vii. 115 There is a gathering of creamy spume in the geo, the aftermath of a heavy swell; ‘Lucky Minnie's butter’ the islanders call it, for Lucky Minnie (Granny) is a witchy woman and it is well to give her doings a wide berth.

1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Lucky Minnie, a witch. A name formerly used to frighten children.

Compounds

Compounds with the genitive form lucky minnie's.

lucky minnie's lines n. a brown seaweed, Chorda filum (family Chordaceae), having long ropelike fronds. Sc. National Dict. (at Luckie) records this word as still in use in Orkney and Shetland in 1961.

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the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > others

manatee grass1696

pepper dulse1724

pipeweed1755

sea-beard1777

Iceland sea grass1809

Porphyra1836

nullipore1840

sea-thread1843

niggerhair1852

lucky minnie's lines1853

marine sauce1866

hijiki1951

1853 C. M. Yonge Herb of Field xxxi. 255 I have since learnt that sea-laces is their real name, and that in Shetland they are called Luckie Minnie's lines.

1857 C. M. Yonge Dynevor Terrace II. xii. 171 James..hurled after them the heap of sea-weed, all but one trailing festoon of ‘Luckie Minnie's lines’.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Lucky minie's lines, the long stems of the sea-plant Chorda filum.

lucky minnie's oo n. [ < the genitive of lucky minnie n. + oo, variant of wool n.] Orkney and Shetland cotton grass or bog cotton, Eriophorum angustifolium, a sedge which grows in boggy ground and produces tufts of white silky hairs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > cotton-grass plant or flower

moss-crop?c1475

fen-down1495

cotton-grass1597

silk grass1727

moor-palm1788

bog-down1794

moss1798

cotton-rush1826

lucky minnie's oo1866

cotton-sedge1872

moor-silk1879

month1881

month grass1881

1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. 68 Luckie-minnie's oo, a fleecy substance that grows upon a plant in wet ground.

1952 J. Hunter Taen wi da Trow 154 Hit smiled, as hit rubbit hits waand wi da dew, An polished hit bright wi Lucky Minnie's oo.

1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Lucky Minnie, a witch... Lucky Minnie's oo (wool) bog cotton. The white socks worn formerly by the Orkney bride were traditionally knitted from this material.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lucky minnie
释义	lucky minnien. Brit. /ˈlʌkɪ ˌmɪni/, U.S. /ˈləki ˌmɪni/, Scottish English /ˈlʌkɪ ˌmɪnɪ/ Forms: see lucky adj. and minnie n.¹; also 1800s– lucky minie, 1900s– lucka minnie, 1900s– luki minnie, 1900s– lukie minnie, 1900s– lukka minni, 1900s– lukka minnie, 1900s– lukki minnie. Also with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lucky adj., minnie n.¹ Etymology: < lucky adj. + minnie n.¹ Scottish. Now rare (Orkney and Shetland in later use). One's grandmother; a grandmother. Also: (a name for) a witch; a term of abuse for an old woman. Sc. National Dict. (at Luckie) records the sense ‘grandmother’ as still in use in Banffshire in 1927. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [noun] > grandmother eldmotherc1000 grandamc1225 good-dame1400 grandmother1424 beldamc1440 lucky1629 granny1659 grandmama1694 lucky minnie1755 grandma1772 grandmammy1789 gran1829 babushka1834 abuela1836 grandmom1860 grandmum1861 grammy1886 dadi1888 minnie1888 grams1893 bubbe1895 nana1899 gram1923 nanny1927 lola1934 abuelita1937 oma1948 nain1954 nan1955 makulu1980 omi1988 1755 R. Forbes Jrnl. London to Portsmouth in tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 30 Wamlin under lucky-minny like a sturdy hoggie. 1794 ‘T. Thrum’ Look before ye Loup: Pt. 2nd 14 'Tis just sic argument as we might expect frae our lucky-minnies. 1851 W. Anderson Rhymes 163 Now, wisna this a queer auld kist My Luckyminny left to me? 1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. 68 Luckie-minnie, a term of reproach to a woman, as ‘Dou's a luckie-minnie’. 1868 G. MacDonald Robert Falconer (1870) xxiii. 150 That auld luckie-minnie o' his. 1906 Rymour Club Misc. I. 173 Peter Junker's mither, Isbel Massie, was Lizzie Lowrie's lassie's luckie-minnie. 1910 A. W. Johnston & A. Johnston Old-lore Misc. III. 9 Groti Finnie and Luckie Minnie were well known as the names of two witches who were frequently invoked to frighten naughty children. 1915 H. Beaton At Back o' Benachie 21 Ma Lucky Minnie said I sud tak' th' besom. 1956 U. Venables Life in Shetland vii. 115 There is a gathering of creamy spume in the geo, the aftermath of a heavy swell; ‘Lucky Minnie's butter’ the islanders call it, for Lucky Minnie (Granny) is a witchy woman and it is well to give her doings a wide berth. 1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Lucky Minnie, a witch. A name formerly used to frighten children. Compounds Compounds with the genitive form lucky minnie's. lucky minnie's lines n. a brown seaweed, Chorda filum (family Chordaceae), having long ropelike fronds. Sc. National Dict. (at Luckie) records this word as still in use in Orkney and Shetland in 1961. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > others manatee grass1696 pepper dulse1724 pipeweed1755 sea-beard1777 Iceland sea grass1809 Porphyra1836 nullipore1840 sea-thread1843 niggerhair1852 lucky minnie's lines1853 marine sauce1866 hijiki1951 1853 C. M. Yonge Herb of Field xxxi. 255 I have since learnt that sea-laces is their real name, and that in Shetland they are called Luckie Minnie's lines. 1857 C. M. Yonge Dynevor Terrace II. xii. 171 James..hurled after them the heap of sea-weed, all but one trailing festoon of ‘Luckie Minnie's lines’. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Lucky minie's lines, the long stems of the sea-plant Chorda filum. lucky minnie's oo n. [ < the genitive of lucky minnie n. + oo, variant of wool n.] Orkney and Shetland cotton grass or bog cotton, Eriophorum angustifolium, a sedge which grows in boggy ground and produces tufts of white silky hairs. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > cotton-grass plant or flower moss-crop?c1475 fen-down1495 cotton-grass1597 silk grass1727 moor-palm1788 bog-down1794 moss1798 cotton-rush1826 lucky minnie's oo1866 cotton-sedge1872 moor-silk1879 month1881 month grass1881 1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. 68 Luckie-minnie's oo, a fleecy substance that grows upon a plant in wet ground. 1952 J. Hunter Taen wi da Trow 154 Hit smiled, as hit rubbit hits waand wi da dew, An polished hit bright wi Lucky Minnie's oo. 1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Lucky Minnie, a witch... Lucky Minnie's oo (wool) bog cotton. The white socks worn formerly by the Orkney bride were traditionally knitted from this material. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1755
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