Definition of meanie
meanies
: a mean person
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Examples of meanie in a Sentence
the class thought the substitute teacher was a big meanie when she assigned homework over the holidays
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Then, finally, the meanies at the Washington State Potato Commission dropped their countercampaign and got out of the way of history: In 2007, Gov. Chris Gregoire declared the Walla Walla sweet onion Washington’s official vegetable mascot.
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Stars like Proxima might be somewhat hostile planetary hosts, but these meanies rule the galaxy, making up somewhere around 80 percent of the Milky Way’s stellar population.
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There, in their cramped apartment, mother and daughter coax out Michelle’s inner softy, who, unsurprisingly, is nowhere near as fun as her outer meanie.
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First Known Use of meanie
1910
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