Sunnies

From sunglasses + -ie ("diminutive suffix"), retaining the plural form.

Full definition of sunnies

Noun

1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal) Sunglasses.
• 2005, Dave Franklin, Manic Streets of Perth, 2011, unnumbered page,She took off her sunnies and polished them, a little vigorously.
• 2008, Janet Fife-Yeomans, Heath: A Family′s Tale, page 97,With Heath wearing a black beanie and his trademark sunnies, the couple arrived in Perth at 12.20 p.m. after flying in from the US via Sydney.
• 2009, Susan Lyons, Sex Drive, Kensington Press, US, page 160,“Sunscreen for you.” Her skin was a light golden brown. “And sunnies and a hat.” He slipped on his own sunglasses.
• 2009, Justine Vaisutis, Australia, Lonely Planet, page 525,Bring the Prada sunnies, the papers and an appetite if you′re heading here for breakfast.

Synonyms

• shades

Noun

plural

1. (US, colloquial) Plural of sunny (sunfish or sunperch)As a kid, he remembered catching sunnies with a cane pole and garden worms in the stream behind the house.