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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 music swelled to a crash of joy, and the lights blazed up like day; And I held her fast to my throbbing heart, and I kissed her bonny brow; "She is mine, she is mine for evermore!" the violins seemed to say, And the bells were ringing the New Year in—O God! I can ...

— Songs of a Sourdough • Robert W. Service

... bonny lass was walking (Farmer) A shepherd in a shade his plaining made (John Dowland) A sparrow-hawk proud did hold in wicked jail (Weelkes) A woman's looks (Jones) About the maypole new, with glee and merriment (Morley) Adieu! sweet Amaryllis (Wilbye) April ...

— Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age • Various

... I did that same. Does that puzzle your bonny head? How does a lad take the boots off a redcoat? Find out the answer, my lass, while I will be ...

— The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays • Various

... is that you find such people so fickle and uncertain in their spirits; Now on the mount, then in the valleys; now in the sunshine, then in the shade; now warm, then frozen; now bonny and blithe, then in a moment pensive and sad; as thinking of a portion nowhere but in hell. This will cause smiting on the breast; nor can I imagine that the Publican was as yet farther than thus far in the Christian's progress, since yet he was smiting ...

— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan

... behind us ride; Should they our steps discover, Then who will cheer my bonny bride When ...

— Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 • Charles H. Sylvester

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