dunny
Pronunciation Adjective

dunny (comparative dunnier, superlative dunniest)

  1. Somewhat dun, dusky brownish.
Adjective

dunny (comparative dunnier, superlative dunniest)

  1. (UK dialect) Somewhat deaf, hard of hearing.
  2. (UK dialect, pejorative euphemism) Slow to answer: stupid, unintelligent.
    • a. 1791,, F. Grose, Olio, p. 105:
      What the devil are you dunny? won't you give me no answer?
Noun

dunny (plural dunnies)

  1. (UK dialect, pejorative euphemism, obsolete) A dummy, an unintelligent person.
    • 1709, British Apollo, Vol. II, No. 29, p. 3:
      Should a School-boy do so, he'd be whip'd for a Dunny.
Noun

dunny (plural dunnies)

  1. (UK slang, obsolete) Alternative form of danna#English|danna: shit. [From 1859.]
  2. (Australia & New Zealand slang, also dated Scotland & North England slang) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory. [From 1933.]
    • 2010, Christopher Milne, "The Boy Who Lived in a Dunny" in The Day Our Teacher Went Mad and Other Naughty Stories for Good Boys and Girls, p. 108 ↗:
      ‘Until you wake up to yourself, you can live in the old dunny for all I care.’
      ‘All right, I will,’ said Tony.
  3. (Australia & New Zealand slang) Any other place or fixture used for urination and defecation: a latrine; a lavatory; a toilet.
  4. (Scottish, northern England, slang, dated) A passageway, particularly those connecting an outhouse to the main building.
Synonyms Noun

dunny (plural dunnies)

  1. (Scottish, northern England, slang, dated) A cellar, basement, or underground passage.



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