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Definition of spinney noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

spinney

noun
 
/ˈspɪni/
 
/ˈspɪni/
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  1. a small area of trees synonym copse
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: shortening of Old French espinei, from an alteration of Latin spinetum ‘thicket’, from spina ‘thorn’.
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