Gentle Annie

Meaning

Noun

A long uphill road or trail without a resting place.

Origin

Possibly related to the Celtic goddess Anann (an aspect of the Mórrígan responsible, among other things, for culling weak cattle) or to the Stephen Foster song Gentle Annie (1856).

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