Spinney may refer to:
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copse
Coppicing is the traditional method in woodland management of cutting down a tree to a tree stump, stump, which in many species encourages new Shoot (botany), shoots to grow from the stump or roots, thus ultimately regrowing the tree. A forest ...
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thicket
A thicket is a very dense stand of trees or tall shrubs, often dominated by only one or a few species, to the exclusion of all others. They may be formed by species that shed large numbers of highly viable seeds that are able to germinate in th ...
People
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Art Spinney (1927–1994), American football guard
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Caroll Spinney
Caroll Edwin Spinney (December 26, 1933 – December 8, 2019) was an American puppeteer, cartoonist, author, artist and speaker, most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on ''Sesame Street'' from its inception in 1969 until 2018.
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(1933–2019), American puppeteer and cartoonist
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Edgar Keith Spinney, (1851–1926), Canadian politician
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Franklin C. Spinney (born 1945), American military analyst, author of the "Spinney Report"
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George Wilbur Spinney
George Wilbur Spinney (3 April 1889 – 1 February 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 i ...
(1889–1948), president of Bank of Montreal
Places
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Spinney (Kettering BC Ward), an electoral ward in Northamptonshire, England
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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
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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.
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, an area of Northampton, England
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Spinney Hills
Spinney Hills is an inner city area of Leicester, England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List ...
, an area of Leicester, England
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Spinney Hills, East Quogue
Spinney Hills is in East Quogue, New York on the eastern end of the Long Island Central Pine Barrens region. The trails in the area are sometimes used as a hiking, hunting, and off-roading area for dirt bikers, quadders, paintballers, and four-whee ...
, a leisure area in New York state
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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 are owned ...
, a state park in Colorado
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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
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Round Spinney, a locality in Northampton, England
Other uses
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Spinneys
Spinneys is a supermarket chain active in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. It began as a railway provision merchant company, and expanded to a grocery firm importing British Empire go ...
, a supermarket chain
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Empire Spinney'', a ship built in 1941
See also
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Spiny (disambiguation)
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