jenny

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Recent Examples of jenny Groezinger recommends growing ‘Blush Strokes’ in a container with apricot-colored petunias, white Angelonia, and creeping jenny. — Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 4 Aug. 2026 Creeping jenny is a mat-forming perennial with round lime-green leaves that works well in tall containers or hanging baskets. — Kerry Michaels, The Spruce, 17 Apr. 2026 Here are the most common turkey sounds that gobblers, hens, jakes, and jennies make. — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 2 May 2024 The birth went badly, despite electronic medical monitors on the jenny. — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Oct. 2021 Together, Rikki and Luna watched from the back porch steps while Valentine worked his Presas on the jenny. — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018 Another distinctive ground cover is creeping jenny, an evergreen that stays quite flat on the ground. — Nancy Brachey, charlotteobserver, 29 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jenny
  1. jennet
  2. ass
  3. donkey
  4. jack
  5. burro
Noun
  • Because donkeys breed slowly—a jennet typically produces a foal only every other year—the drain is rapidly depleting Africa’s herd.
    — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2024
Definition of jennet
Noun
  • The woman makes a gesture meaning, Comfortable enough on that little seat, with that pill up your ass, hon?
    — George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The second will follow him as a young man, fresh off the bus in ‘country-ass’ Jefferson City in the early 1970s.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of ass
Noun
  • In his incident report, Garner wrote that another officer activated a Taser's electrical arc to try to scare the donkey away, but HeeHaw continued approaching.
    — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • These days, Bragg lives with Margaret nearby, in a red-cedar cabin on forty acres of pastureland grazed upon by two miniature donkeys.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of donkey
Noun
  • The traditional vanilla creme filling turns a bright orange, tinted with annatto rather than artificial dye, and the crunchy cocoa cookies are carved to look like little jack-o’-lanterns.
    — Danielle Bouchard, Martha Stewart, 8 Oct. 2026
  • In Charlotte, North Carolina‘s Elizabeth neighborhood, a giant wall of 200 jack-o’-lanterns appears every fall.
    — Abby Price, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of jack
Noun
  • The big, biting burros are more than a match for a wolf, or two.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Come for the design, stay for the tagliolini cacio e burro (fresh pasta with butter and cheese).
    — Laura Itzkowitz, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of burro

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“Jenny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jenny. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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