hiney

English

Noun

hiney (plural hineys)

  1. Alternative spelling of heinie
    • 1939, Barry Benefield, April was when it began, Reynal & Hitchcock, page 34:
      I've sat out there so much my hiney's sore.

Scots

Alternative forms

Noun

hiney (plural hineys)

  1. honey
    • 1773, Robert Fergusson, Ode to the Bee‎:
      The hiney's still as sweet that flows
      Frae thristle cauld, or kendlin rose.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1800, Robert Burns, My Tocher's the Jewel‎:
      It's a' for the hiney he'll cherish the bee
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1876, Henry Syme, When I was a Lassie:
      The wee hummin' bees are aye blythe makin' hiney
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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