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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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donnies- childrens hands

0 please can you tell me why the word donnies applies to childrens hands 0-
  

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Donnies is black country slang for 'small/childrens hands'.
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I too am looking for the origins of the bcd 'donnies' which is used only for a childs hands... some folk think it came from a french word donnez, which means just to give? Yes we do have a lot of words which are influenced by many languages but i'm not too happy in accepting that origin... so any further help on this topic would be great
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Im not convinced its from donnez as apparently norman french dont use it and why is it only west midlands? Theres donnybrook which is slang for a brawl fisticuffs, maybe a hand connection?
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