Minnies

"Minnies," which were hurled at frequent intervals.

Three years in France with the Guns: Being Episodes in the life of a Field Battery C. A. Rose

We could put up with quite a lot just to see that, and although we were suffering considerably from the rifle grenades and the "Minnies," every one appeared to be in a good humor.

The Emma Gees Herbert Wes McBride

A considerable number of hostile "Minnies" made conditions somewhat unpleasant for the infantry in the trenches, and during the night the battery position was subjected to indirect machine-gun fire, which necessitated a certain amount of caution in moving about.

Three years in France with the Guns: Being Episodes in the life of a Field Battery C. A. Rose

Now the family of "Minnies" is a large one and includes every device, from the ancient types used by the Greeks and Romans, with springs of wood, to the latest and most modern contraption in which the propelling power may be steel springs, compressed air or a small charge of powder.

The Emma Gees Herbert Wes McBride

Trench mortars started dropping "Minnies" in our front line.

Over the Top Arthur Guy Empey 1923

The Germans must have been awfully sore, because they turned loose a barrage of shrapnel, with a few "Minnies" and "whizz bangs" intermixed.

Over the Top Arthur Guy Empey 1923

She made her own pink polka-dotted costume from fabric she bought in the Fashion District to differentiate herself from the other Minnies, who wear red dresses.

Behind the Mickey Masks Sumathi Reddy 2011

There were no Mickeys, Minnies or Dons wandering around.

Suz Redfearn: Cinderella Bitch Slap 2009

I know it is trashy, but hey what fun, and carmen is such an icon, and benny Goodman is great singing Minnies in the Money and paducah.

Paudcah Jaime J. Weinman 2007

The Minnies and Pearls and jewels and jennies would gather round her like courtiers, bearing wispy frailties of

The Beautiful and Damned 2003