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jenny wren|ˈdʒɛnɪ ˈrɛn|
[See jenny 2.]
1. A popular, and esp. nursery, name for the wren (also locally kitty wren): sometimes regarded in nursery lore as the wife, bride, or sweetheart of Robin Redbreast.
1648Earl Westmoreland Otia Sacra 137 The finch, the sparrow, Jenny Wren. 1828Craven Dial., Jenny Wren, the wren. An opinion prevails..that this diminutive bird is the female of the Robin Redbreast. 1863Sat. Rev. 283 He gives up the ripeness of his studies, and the last growth of his artistic skill to our robin red-breasts and jenny wrens.
2. U.S. A name for Herb Robert, Geranium Robertianum.
1890in Cent. Dict. |