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adjective

Bonny adj. (Spelled bonnie by the Scotch)

Handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful. "Till bonny Susan sped across the plain." "Far from the bonnie banks of Ayr."

Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe. "Be you blithe and bonny." "Report speaks you a bonny monk, that would hear the matin chime ere he quitted his bowl."

noun

Bonny n. (Mining) A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein.

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Etymology of 'Bonny'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bonny" Quotes from Famous Books

... the cold," said the Major, as he pinched her cheeks. "Why, she's as warm as a toast, and, bless my soul, if I were thirty years younger, I'd ride twenty miles to-night to catch a glimpse of her in that bonny blue hood. Ah, in my day, ...

— The Battle Ground • Ellen Glasgow

... and Josie resolved not to miss one night. It would make bonny Prince Charlie so happy to have his mother changed into a ...

— A Little Girl of Long Ago • Amanda Millie Douglas

... July Ann— Too brown, too slim, too stout! You needn't smile on this 'ere man, Git out! git out! git out! But the maiden fair With bonny brown hair— Let all the ...

— The Mystery of Metropolisville • Edward Eggleston

... Tam o' Shanter, As he frae Ayr ae night did canter, (Auld Ayr, wham ne'er a town surpasses For honest men and bonny lasses.) ...

— Playful Poems • Henry Morley

... a surprise in store for ye. I believe they've a bonny place—and there's no doubt Chisholm will ...

— Vane of the Timberlands • Harold Bindloss

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