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doney¹

noun doneys

  1. alternative Alternative form of dhoni

doney²

Where it comes from

Perhaps from Catalan dona or Spanish doña; perhaps introduced to England by sailors who had visited Spanish or Italian portshttp://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=54922&messages=35

noun doneys

  1. colloquial girl, sweetheart, darling, young woman, woman May 7, 1927, Uncle Dave Macon, "Tell Her To Come Back Home", Vocalion 5153

    Similar: doney gal

Doney³

proper noun Doneys

  1. A surname.

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MLA

"doney." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/doney. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

doney. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/doney

Chicago

"doney." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/doney.

BibTeX
@misc{doney_2026,
  title = {doney},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/doney},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}