jenny

Example Sentences

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“Scientific evidence for intelligence in donkeys could expose their historical unmerited cognitive derogatory status,” the report begins about the species — the male of which is called a jack and the female is a jenny.

From Washington Post

Creeping jenny or a trailing rosemary will extend down the side of a tall pot, providing an attractive asymmetrical note.

From Seattle Times

One, called “jenny’s trying,” is just one line: “why hide?”

From New York Times

These jeremiads attended the invention of computers, combine harvesters, spinning jennies and probably iron-age axes.

From The Guardian

In Mr Allen’s narrative, spinners’ wages, though very low by modern standards, were high enough to motivate the development and deployment of equipment like the spinning jenny.

From Economist