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Nanny   /nˈæni/   Listen
noun
Nanny  n.  
1.
A diminutive of Ann or Anne, the proper name.
Nanny goat, a female goat. (Colloq.)


Nannie, Nanny  n.  (pl. nannies)  
1.
A caretaker for a child; a child's nurse; a nursemaid.
2.
Grandmother; a child's word, used especially as a form of address. See also nana.





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"Nanny" Quotes from Famous Books



... more like nanny goats than men!" commentated Tutt. "I'd like to see some of our clients tried by juries of ...
— Tutt and Mr. Tutt • Arthur Train
... pallid; With the dull yellow gourd and apples sweetest of savour; Lastly the blushing grape disposed in shade of the vine-tree. Anon mine altar (this same) with blood (but you will be silent!) 15 Bearded kid and anon some horny-hoofed nanny shall sprinkle. Wherefore Priapus is bound to requite such honours by service, Doing his duty to guard both vineyard and garth of his lordling. Here then, O lads, refrain from ill-mannered picking and stealing: Rich be the neighbour-hind and negligent ...
— The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus • Caius Valerius Catullus
... primrose our woodlands adorn, And violets bathe in the weet o' the morn; They pain my sad bosom, sae sweetly they blaw, They mind me o' Nannie—and Nanny's awa! ...
— The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. • Robert Burns and Allan Cunningham
... more helpless than himself, and that is being a gentleman in the best sense of that fine old word. He had no home but Mrs. Quinn's garret; and for this he paid by carrying the bundles and getting the cinders for her fire. Food and clothes he picked up as he could; and his only friend was little Nanny. Her mother had been kind to him when the death of his father left him all alone in the world; and when she, too, passed away, the boy tried to show his gratitude by comforting the little girl, who thought there was no one in the world like ...
— Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag • Louisa M. Alcott
... deliver the quantity demanded. There is neither chance for nor great economy in adulteration—water is too scarce. It is brought to the city mule-back in porous jars. You can have your milk from the black, white or brown nanny as desired. A goat is a respected member of the family and his odor by ...
— Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight • Mathew Joseph Holt


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