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mini (n.)
1961, abbreviation of
mini-car
, a small car made by British Leyland (formerly British Motor Corp.). As an abbreviation of
miniskirt
, it is attested from 1966. The vogue for
mini-
as a prefix in English word coinage dates from c. 1960.
