Definition of "minnis" []

• The stickleback. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "October 15, 186 --- brite and fair. wenesday and so no school this afternoon. as it is warm the fish bit prety well and i went down to my boat and cougt ten shiners and a lot of minnis. it is prety lait for them. then i fed Hork and Spitt and you had augt to have see them eat. i dont know what i shall do when the fish stop biting. rats is scarce and i cant aford chickings. this afternoon after i had come back from fishing we had a meating of the Terible 3. we met at"