Australian slang for a small stone or pebble — the kind kids scoop up off the ground to throw at things, skip across water, or just fidget with. It's one of those quintessentially Australian childhood words that most people from certain regions know but would be baffling to anyone from overseas. Yonnies are typically small enough to fit in a fist and were the go-to ammunition for playground stoushes before anyone worried too much about health and safety.
He chucked a yonnie at the tin can and knocked it clean off the fence post.
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(Australia) A small stone; pebble.
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