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Definition of
meanie noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
meanie
noun
(
also
meany
)
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈmini
/
/
(
pl.
meanies
)
(
informal
)
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used especially by children to describe an unkind person who will not give them what they want
Don't be such a meanie!
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meanie
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