miney

Child's selection word

Miney appears almost exclusively in the children's counting rhyme "eeny, meeny, miny, mo," used to make arbitrary selections.

The word has no independent meaning outside this phrase.

The spelling varies: miny, miney, miney.

Eeny, meeny, miny, mo—you're it!

Related

pick · pick axe · excavation · shaft · claim · prospector · gemstone · mineral · treasure · coal · counting · counting out · gold · eeny · drill · luck · rhyme · by the toe

Phrases
Family

mine, miner, miners, mines, mining, mined, minefield, minefields, mineshaft

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G