brinny

English

From Aboriginal Australian.

Alternative forms

• brinnie

Noun

brinny (plural brinnies)

1. (Australia, Victoria) A stone thrown as a missile.^[1]

Synonyms

• boondie, goolie, yonny/yonnie

References

1. ^ 1978, Sidney John Baker, The Australian Language, page 285 — One of the cheapest of all juvenile games is stone-throwing. Depending on local preferences, a stone is a goalie, quailer, gibber, yonnie, ronnie, brick, brinny, cundy or boondie.