Mainah

Mainah

English

Noun

Mainah (plural Mainahs)

1. (New England) Pronunciation spelling of Mainer.
   • 2009, Earl Brechlin, Maine Adventure Guide, Hunter Publishing, Inc (→ISBN), page 65:

     In addition to its spectacular scenery and pristine wilderness Maine has also earned a reputation as a homeland ... In fact, Governor Angus King once said if he could just strategically position a suitably crusty yet benign “Mainah” on ...

   • 2011, Matthew P. Mayo, Jennifer Smith-Mayo, Maine Icons: 50 Classic Symbols of the Pine Tree State, Rowman & Littlefield (→ISBN), page 2:

     […] makes a Mainah tick.

   • 2015, George Beahm, The Stephen King Companion: Four Decades of Fear from the Master of Horror, St. Martin's Griffin (→ISBN), page 388:

     […] Debby Fowles, who returned to her native Maine after seeking her fortune elsewhere, gave some good advice on how to “speak like a Mainah.” I suspect Steffie, in The Colorado ...