jenny
jenny Lexical Profile
jenny Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A female donkey or ass; occasionally used to denote the female of certain other animals, such as the wren.
"The farmer kept a gentle jenny in the pasture to help guard the flock of sheep."
A spinning jenny, an early multiple-spindle machine for spinning wool or cotton invented during the Industrial Revolution.
"The introduction of the jenny dramatically increased textile production in eighteenth-century Lancashire."
A portable electric generator or a traveling crane used for lifting and moving heavy loads.
"The film crew relied on a portable jenny to power their lighting equipment on location."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Derived as a diminutive of the female given name Jane (from Old French Jehanne), historically applied generically to female animals and various mechanical devices.