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n. (context Scotland English) An undersized or insignificant man
Wikipedia
Mannie may refer to:
- Mannie Fresh, (born 1974), currently an artist and hip-hop producer who records for Def Jam South
- Mannie Garcia, American freelance photojournalist currently based in Washington, D.C.
- Mannie Heymans (born 1971), Namibian cyclist
- Mannie Jackson (born 1939), the chairman and owner of the Harlem Globetrotters, for whom he played from 1962 to 1964
- Mannie Rodriguez (born 1950), member of the Democratic National Committee from Colorado
- "The Mannie" a name for the statue erected in memory of George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland on Ben Bhraggie, Scotland
Usage examples of "mannie".
Then I saw it was Mannie and Doc Carmichael, another Valley Springs psychiatrist, in the front seat.
Carmichael upholds the dignity of Valley Springs psychiatry, while Mannie has the brains.
Jack, forgotten Mannie, as I yanked the front door open and ran out, and down the steps into the night, across the lawn and the sidewalk.
I turned into the living-room, toward an empty chair, glancing at Mannie and Jack.
His forearms on his knees, cigarette in hand, the smoke curling upward past his dark tanned face, Mannie sat staring down at the town.
We do prefer the weird and thrilling, as Mannie had said, to the dull and commonplace.
Because Mannie got to his feet, and stood there for several seconds, looking down at us.
In the car, drawing away from the curb, I nodded at Mannie, grinning a little sheepishly.
Presently Mannie touched his mouth with his napkin, glanced at the wall clock, and stood up.
I very much doubt that I could handle Mannie, and Chet Meeker could break me in two.
I pointed with the toe of my shoe, and they stopped, stared for a moment, then Mannie pulled the key from his pocket and unlocked the door to my reception room.
Becky and I were in the middle, Mannie and Budlong directly behind us.
They yelped and swung toward me as Mannie and Budlong crashed onto my back, and I was smashed to the steel floor, gouging, kicking, and stabbing out with my needles.
She yanked both strips of adhesive loose, stepped forward suddenly, as Budlong and Mannie leaned over me grabbing at my flailing arm, and plunged both needles home.
A mannie wha kent the worth o' a wee sup o' whisky on a cauld winter's eve.