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Vinony

downer

noun

  1. something depressing
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊnə/ / /ˈdaʊnɚ/

name

  1. A surname.
  2. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after John Downer.
  3. An unincorporated community in Clay County, Minnesota, United States.

noun

Etymology: Perhaps related to tanner (“sixpence”).

  1. A sixpence.

    “The price of a case (five shillings piece bad) from the smasher is about one shilling; an alderman (two and sixpence) about sixpence; a peg (shilling) about threepence; a downer or sprat (sixpence) about twopence.”