See ninny in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Byd. […] a good cheeke, an inticing eye, a smooth skinne, a well shapt leg, a faire hand, you cannot bring a wench into a fooles parradize for you?\nSim. Not I by this garter, I am a foole, a very Ninny I, how call you her? how call you her?",
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