name
Meaning 1
A diminutive of the female given name Joan, from French.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Joanie
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rhymes with -əʊni
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CMU ARPABET: JH OW1 N IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A young woman who dresses in an out-of-date and unfashionable manner.
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Usage: US, slang
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noun
Meaning 3
A small ornament of glass or china.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, historical
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History
Etymology
From Joan + -ie. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessy, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
Possibly a reference to Joanie Cunningham, a character from the US sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984), set in the 1950s and 1960s. Compare Joan (“a placeholder or conventional name for a younger lower-class woman”).