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57 Christianity and/or Biblical vocabulary words
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jennet
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synonyms: jenny ???
tags: [equestrian]
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Definition:1. A female ass or donkey; a jenny.2. A small Spanish horse.
image: by Jean-Leon Gerome,sound effect: by beskhu, license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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also spelled genet, gennet, ginnet
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FACE. Ask from your courtier, to your inns-of-court-man,
To your mere milliner; they will tell you all,
Your Spanish gennet is the best horse; your Spanish
Stoup is the best garb; your Spanish beard
Is the best cut; your Spanish ruffs are the best
Wear; your Spanish pavin the best dance;
Ben Jonson. The Alchemist (1610)
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As headstrong you are as a cross-tempered jennet; but if you’ll take my advice you’ll keep yourself out of their sight the best way you can, till I see what they want with you, and then if it’s a warrant they’ve got, I might try persuade them to go look for you somewheres else.
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