Why, you precious ninny, it would be the greatest of pleasure to me.
"Her Mother's Secret"
Emma D. E. N. Southworth
"I suppose she thought I was a poor helpless ninny coming to ask her for a job," she said to Mary.
"Rose of Dutcher's Coolly"
Hamlin Garland
"I should never have taken her for such a ninny," said the younger.
"The Song of Songs"
Hermann Sudermann