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copse Coppicing is a traditional method of woodland management which exploits the capacity of many species of trees to put out new shoots from their stump or roots if cut down. In a coppiced wood, which is called a copse, young tree stems are repeated ...

or thicket

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Art Spinney Arthur F. Spinney, Jr. (1927–1994) was an American gridiron football guard. He played nine seasons with the Baltimore Colts in the National Football League (NFL) and was captain of the 1949 Eagles' football team. Spinney attended Boston College ...

(1927–1994), American football guard * Caroll Spinney (1933–2019), American puppeteer and cartoonist * Edgar Keith Spinney, (1851–1926), Canadian politician *

Franklin C. Spinney Franklin C. "Chuck" Spinney (born May 2, 1945) is an American former military analyst for the Pentagon who became famous in the early 1980s for what became known as the "Spinney Report", criticizing what he described as the reckless pursuit of c ...

(born 1945), American military analyst, author of the "Spinney Report" *

George Wilbur Spinney George Wilbur Spinney, CMG (1889–1948) was a Canadian banker. He served as president of the Bank of Montreal from December 1942 until his death in February 1948. He was also chairman of the National War Finance Committee from its inception in ...

(1889–1948), president of Bank of Montreal

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Spinney (Kettering BC Ward) Spinney is a 2-member ward within Kettering Borough Council, in Northamptonshire, England. It was established in boundary changes before the 1999 elections. The ward was last fought at borough council level in the 2003 local council elections ...

, an electoral ward in Northamptonshire, England *

Spinney Abbey Spinney Abbey, originally known as Spinney Priory, is a house and farm on the site of a former monastic foundation close to the village of Wicken, on the edge of the fens in Cambridgeshire, England. Monastic origins Between 1216 and 1228, Beat ...

, a former monastery in Cambridgeshire, England *

Spinney Hill Spinney Hill is an area of Northampton, England, to the north of the town, in the Parklands ward. It is bordered by a semi-wild park area called Bradlaugh Fields, another more traditional park, allotments and a residential area. Amenities inc ...

, an area of Northampton, England *

Spinney Hills Spinney Hills is an inner city area of Leicester, England. It is situated to the north of the core Highfields area, around Spinney Hill Park. To the north is Northfields, to the east North Evington, to the west is the railway line, and ...

, an area of Leicester, England *

Spinney Hills, East Quogue Spinney Hills is in East Quogue, New York on the eastern end of the Long Island Central Pine Barrens region. It is sometimes used as a hiking, hunting, and off-roading area for dirt bikers, quadders, paintballers, and four-wheelers that includes mi ...

, a leisure area in New York state *

Spinney Mountain State Park Spinney Mountain State Park is a Colorado state park located in South Park in Park County, Colorado, United States. The park centers on the Spinney Mountain Reservoir, which is popular with anglers. The reservoir and surrounding land is owned ...

, a state park in Colorado *

The Spinney Local Nature Reserve The Spinney, Carshalton (or Nightingale Road Bird Sanctuary) is a 0.4 hectare local nature reserve in Carshalton in the London Borough of Sutton, England. It is owned by Sutton Council and managed by the council and Sutton Nature Conservation Vol ...

, a reserve in Carshalton, London *

Round Spinney Round Spinney is a locality in the north-east of the English town of Northampton. Round Spinney is located east of the main A43 road which runs from Northampton to Kettering. It gives its name to an Industrial Estate and the nearby roundabout ...

, a locality in Northampton, England

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* Spinneys, a supermarket chain *''

Empire Spinney An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) ex ...

'', a ship built in 1941

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