hiney
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Perhaps clipping of behind + -y
Noun [edit]
hiney (plural hineys)
- (informal) buttocks
- 1939, Barry Benefield April was when it began (Reynal & Hitchcock) p.34:
- I've sat out there so much my hiney's sore.
- 1939, Barry Benefield April was when it began (Reynal & Hitchcock) p.34:
Scots [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Noun [edit]
hiney (plural hineys)
- honey
- 1773, Robert Fergusson "Ode to the Bee":
- The hiney's still as sweet that flows
- Frae thristle cauld, or kendlin rose.
- 1800, Robert Burns "My Tocher's the Jewel":
- It's a' for the hiney he'll cherish the bee
- 1876, Henry Syme, "When I was a Lassie":
- The wee hummin' bees are aye blythe makin' hiney
- 1773, Robert Fergusson "Ode to the Bee":
