“Ginny” entry in the Newfoundland English dictionary

“Ginny” entry in the Newfoundland English dictionary

1968 DILLON Anglo-Irish 140 Oh you’re the real ginny; they should put a dress on you. ‘A sissy, a boy who plays with girls or with things more appropriate for girls.’ [see ‘mollycoddle’ -Devine]
Collected by S. Shore from Joanne Garland in 1969.

First published in 1982, the Dictionary of Newfoundland English is one of the best-known publications to emerge from the province. Archiving words and colloquialisms that are native to the province of Newfoundland and Labrador and its inhabitants. This definition is not in the official Dictionary of Newfoundland English currently.

S. Shore

Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/elrcdne/id/38491/rec/14

Memorial University of Newfoundland Digital Archives Initiative and the Department of Folklore

21 May 1969

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