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Pinny vs Spinny - What's the difference?

pinny | spinny |

As nouns the difference between pinny and spinny

is that pinny is a sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes while spinny is .

As an adjective spinny is

(informal) associated with spinning; moving with a spinning motion or spinny can be (uk|dialect|obsolete) thin and long; slim; slender.

pinny

English

Noun

(pinnies)
  • A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes.
  • (colloquial) A simple jersey worn to denote teams or groups.

    • spinny

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) spina .

    Noun

    (spinnies)
  • * Charles Kingsley
    • The downs rise steep, crowned with black fir spinnies .

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (informal) Associated with spinning; moving with a spinning motion.
  • * 1997 , DAN Seemiller, M Holowchak, Winning Table Tennis: Skills, Drills, and Strategies - all 3 versions »
    • The sound at contact should be solid and crisp, not “spinny .”
  • * 2003 , Ian S. Ginns, Stephen J. Norton, and Campbell J. McRobbie, "Adding Value to the Teaching and Learning of Design and Technology", in Pupils Attitudes Towards Technology Annual Conference June 2003 , p 115-118
    • “It is a spinny thing with wires in it, with the wires wrapped around something (coil) and N and S (unsure what N and S were)."
  • * 2006 , J Purkis, Finding a Different Kind of Normal: Misadventures with Asperger Syndrome
    • Then you got a double whammy - your eyes were full of orange and your head was spinny and dizzy.

    Etymology 3

    Compare spiny.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (UK, dialect, obsolete) thin and long; slim; slender
    • (Webster 1913)