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Eny vs Eeny - What's the difference?

eny | eeny |

As a determiner eny

is eye dialect of lang=en.

As an adjective eeny is

minuscule.

As an adverb eeny is

in a very small way.

eny

English

Determiner

(en determiner)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1862, author=Various, title=Continental Monthly, Vol. II. July, 1862. No. 1., chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=FREE--and that the schulehouses war a d--d sight thicker than the bugs in Miles Privett's beds! and thet's saying a heap, for ef eny on you kin sleep in his house, excep' he takes to the soft side of the floor, I'm d--d. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1893, author=C. C. Goodwin, title=The Wedge of Gold, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Ther stranger pays fur eny bow they make, for any smile they give. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1912, author=Al. G. Field, title=Watch Yourself Go By, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Why, he kin sing eny' song and do ent cut-up antik ' eny of 'em kin. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1916, author=Peggy Edmund & Harold W. Williams, compilers, title=Toaster's Handbook, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="Does de white folks in youah neighborhood keep eny chickens, Br'er Rastus?" }}

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    eeny

    English

    Etymology 1

    Possibly from teeny weeny

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (informal) minuscule
    • Can you put an eeny bit of mustard on my hot dog?
    Synonyms
    * itsy bitsy, itty, teeny weeny, tiny, teeny, bitty

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (informal) In a very small way.
  • * 1999 , Joe Klein, Woody Guthrie: A Life , page 35
    • Then they would go back to the gang house—Woody named it the Eeny House because it was so small [...].
  • * 2003 , Craig Lucas, "Reckless", in Reckless and Other Plays , page 54
    • ... and weep and moan and scream every little eeny orgasm.
  • * 2004 , Stephen Bayley, "Car culture: Why a MINI is better than a Porsche", Daily Telegraph , 14/08/2004
    • The interior is, perhaps, an eeny bit tricksy, but has worn surprisingly well over nearly four years and did not really need the light refreshment it has received in the Cabrio

    Etymology 2

    (en)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (British, dialect) Holey, cellular.

    • Etymology 3

    (en)

    Adjective

    (-)

    • Adverb

    (-)
  • (dialect) With most, almost
    • He eeny most had enough to eat.
  • (dialect) Only
    • He's eeny just come home.

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