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How to pronounce bonny in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bonnie, comely, fair, sightly


my bonny lass.
there's a bonny bay beyond.

Examples of bonny

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Bonny Lee Bakley was murdered and buried along with another victim, her reputation.
From the cnn.com
Snip, snip with a pair of surgical scissors and bonny baby girl Ursula lives.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Betty Driver was born on May 20, 1920, in Leicester, weighing a bonny 12lbs.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Bonny Lepley also had a second-half goal with an assist from Alexandra Lyberopolous.
From the al.com
It would take me and my bonny lass further north than we had ever been in our lives.
From the independent.co.uk
Bonny Jacobs, Jill Biden's mother, had been sick for some time and lived in a hospice.
From the inrich.com
Bonny, who has followed them, tries to gain power over the spirits but fails and dies.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I'd have all the pros playing in bonny argyle-print sweaters, too, regardless of the heat.
From the guardian.co.uk
Bonny Dowling does the butterfly stroke at the 4-A state championships.
From the sltrib.com
More examples
  • Very pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens"
  • (bonnily) in a bonny manner
  • Bonny (formerly Ibani or Ubani from the Igbo language) is a town and a Local Government Area in Rivers State in southeast Nigeria, on the Bight of Biafra. It was also the capital of the Kingdom of Bonny (the land of the Ibani or Eastern Ijaw). ...
  • "Bonny" is an instrumental performed by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, based on the traditional Scottish ballad The Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond. Originally recorded by the band in 1976 as "Fling Thing", it was released on the B-side of the "Jailbreak" single, and more recently, on Backtracks.
  • Alternative spelling of bonnie
  • Adjective: Good looking, or of good character. Sometimes used ironically to mean the opposite!
  • Clapper or Bonny-Clabber - An Irish term for sour buttermilk.