LekhoriLekhoriA person who moans; a peevish complainer.
Don't you think that's the way to persuade more companies to come to this region and get more jobs—because I want them—for the people who are unemployed? Not always standing there as moaning minnies. Now stop it!
An air raid siren.
A noisy rocket artillery piece (after 1944, the German Nebelwerfer).
Possibly from the French name Minié (for a soft lead bullet) or the German Minenwerfer, a type of trench mortar (WW I allusions), or simply because of the alliteration of the name with the participial...
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