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Hinny
A hinny is a domestic equine hybrid, the offspring of a male horse (a stallion) and a female donkey (a jenny). Like the mule, the hinny displays hybrid vigour (heterosis).
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Singing hinny
A singing hinny or singin' hinny is a type of bannock, griddle cake or scone, made in the north of England, especially Northumberland and the coal-mining Hinny is a term of endearment in the dialects of the Newcastle area.
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hinnie
▪ I. hinny, n. (ˈhɪnɪ) [f. L. hinnus (in same sense): cf. Gr. ἵννος, γίννος.] The offspring of a she-ass by a stallion.1688 R. Holme Armoury ii. 155/2 An Hinnus is less than a Mule..called also an Hinnulus or little Hinne. 1859 Darwin Orig. Spec. ix. (1873) 261 Both the mule and the hinny resemble m...
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Jennet (disambiguation)
developing new horse breed in the United States
A female donkey, also written "jenny" (the pronunciation is identical in some dialects of English)
A female hinny
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burdon
† burdon Obs. Also 4 burdown. [a. L. burdōn-em.] A mule between a horse and she-ass; a hinny. Also attrib.1382 Wyclif 2 Kings v. 17 Graunte to me..that I take two burdowns [1388 burdones] charge fro the lond. 1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts 433 The Burdon is begotten betwixt a Horse, and a shee-ass.
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Bob Cranky's Adieu
sae strange a seet,
Ma een wi' joy wad dazzle;
But aw'll hed spent that varra neet --
For money, hinny! But, hinny!
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Huarizo
See also
Mule and Hinny – two equine cross-species between a horse and a donkey which are also unable to reproduce.
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John Stobbs
to William Brockie, but a note on the manuscript states that it was “touched up” by Brockie
Fitter he has Daughters three, Drive away the Waggons, Hinny
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Fat rascal
An 1859 Charles Dickens story identifies the fat rascal with the singing hinny of Northumberland. See also
Florentine biscuit
Singing hinny
References
British cakes
Biscuits
Yorkshire cuisine
Twice-baked goods
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Mule
with different numbers of chromosomes; of the two possible first-generation hybrids between them, the mule is easier to obtain and more common than the hinny A mule is generally larger than a hinny, with longer ears and a heavier head; the tail is usually covered with long hair like that of its mare mother.
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Welsh cake
See also
Heavy cake from Cornwall
Singing hinny from northern England
References
External links
The BBC's description
Welsh Cakes (Picau ar y maen
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Keep yor feet still Geordie hinny
Geordey, hinny, let's be happy for the neet,
For aw maynt be se happy throo the day. Geordey, hinny, let's be happy for the neet, &c
Aw thowt aw set her hyem that neet, content we went alang.
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John Craggs (songwriter)
’d grozers upon the aad bridge (The)
Cuddy's egg - Comic song about hatching a 'cheese'
Ninety-nine song about old age, similar to Sair Fyel'd, Hinny
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