minnit
English
Noun
minnit (plural minnits)
- (nonstandard or eye dialect) minute
- 1870, Various, Punchinello, Vol. II., No. 34, November 19, 1870:
- I see they was goin, so I said:-- "My week-minded and misgided femails, hold your hosses a minnit, until an old statesman, who has served his country for 4 yeer as Gustise of the Peece, says a few remarks to you."
- 1876, Helen Hunt Jackson, Mercy Philbrick's Choice:
- "I jest stood like a dumb critter the minnit I got in," said Marty.
- 1909, W.W. Jacobs, Sailor's Knots (Entire Collection):
- I'll go in 'ere for 'arf a minnit and sit down.
- 1918, Edna Ferber, Cheerful--By Request:
- Wait a minnit!
- 1936-1938, Work Projects Administration, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States:
- Wait a minnit, I didn't show you my pitcher what was in de paper, did I?
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