nonny-nonny

[ non-ee-non-ee ]

interjection

, Archaic.

1. (used as a nonsense expression, especially in Elizabethan songs and verses):

   with a hey nonny-nonny.

Example Sentences

Nonny, non′i, n. a meaningless refrain in Old English ballads, &c., usually 'hey, nonny'—often repeated nonny-nonny, nonino, as a cover for obscenity.

From Project Gutenberg

She is a self-appointed judge and censor of all that goes on in Hollywood, and she carries out her assignment with a hey nonny-nonny and the old one-two.

From Time Magazine Archive

O, there came a lass to Sudbury Fair, With a hey, and a ho, nonny-nonny!

From Project Gutenberg

O, there came a lass to Sudbury Fair,          With a hey, and a ho, nonny-nonny!

From Project Gutenberg