"moaning Minnie" meaning in All languages combined

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  "etymology_text": "Possibly from the French name Minié (for a soft lead bullet) or the German Minenwerfer, a type of trench mortar (WW I allusions), or simply because of the alliteration of the name with the participial adjective; see Martin, Gary (2022 November 7) “Moaning Minnie”, in Phrases.org.UK, retrieved 2022-11-29.",
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    {
      "form": "moaning Minnies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "moaning Minnie (plural moaning Minnies)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1985, Margaret Thatcher, remarks to Tyne Tees TV (11 September 1985) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=106127",
          "text": "Don't you think that's the way to persuade more companies to come to this region and get more jobs—because I want them—for the people who are unemployed? Not always standing there as moaning minnies. Now stop it!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who moans; a peevish complainer."
      ],
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        [
          "peevish",
          "peevish"
        ],
        [
          "complainer",
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        ]
      ],
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        "(slang) A person who moans; a peevish complainer."
      ],
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        "slang"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "An air raid siren."
      ],
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        "(slang, historical) An air raid siren."
      ],
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      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "A noisy rocket artillery piece (after 1944, the German Nebelwerfer)."
      ],
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          "rocket",
          "rocket"
        ],
        [
          "artillery",
          "artillery"
        ],
        [
          "Nebelwerfer",
          "Nebelwerfer#German"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, historical) A noisy rocket artillery piece (after 1944, the German Nebelwerfer)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "screaming meemie"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Possibly from the French name Minié (for a soft lead bullet) or the German Minenwerfer, a type of trench mortar (WW I allusions), or simply because of the alliteration of the name with the participial adjective; see Martin, Gary (2022 November 7) “Moaning Minnie”, in Phrases.org.UK, retrieved 2022-11-29.",
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      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1985, Margaret Thatcher, remarks to Tyne Tees TV (11 September 1985) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=106127",
          "text": "Don't you think that's the way to persuade more companies to come to this region and get more jobs—because I want them—for the people who are unemployed? Not always standing there as moaning minnies. Now stop it!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who moans; a peevish complainer."
      ],
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          "peevish",
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        "(slang) A person who moans; a peevish complainer."
      ],
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        "An air raid siren."
      ],
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      ],
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        "(slang, historical) An air raid siren."
      ],
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        "slang"
      ]
    },
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        "English slang",
        "English terms with historical senses"
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        "A noisy rocket artillery piece (after 1944, the German Nebelwerfer)."
      ],
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          "rocket",
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        ],
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          "Nebelwerfer",
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        ]
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        "(slang, historical) A noisy rocket artillery piece (after 1944, the German Nebelwerfer)."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "screaming meemie"
        }
      ],
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        "slang"
      ]
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