A hinny has a gentler disposition than a mule.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Named for the proteins on its surface, it's known as H1N1 also called "hinny" by morons who think that's a word.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-09-01] Reference

He clasp'd her, he press'd her, and ca'd her his hinny.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century] Reference

"Och, hinny, if ye didna give me the worst scare of my life!".    From Wordnik.com.  [Tender Rebel]

There was no hinny to be seen, only the girl walking past us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shaman's Crossing]

"Och! hinny, and how can I swape the floor without a brum?" said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Adèle Dubois A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick] Reference

"Canst thou summon this hinny here?" he inquired, tem - porizing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blue Adept]

Without the hinny, she could no longer even plow the sorry fields.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cold Mountain]

"Now, hinny, ye're no 'being open-minded about this," he cajoled her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tender Rebel]

Like it's the puppets fault his eyebrows aren't moving but his hinny his.    From Wordnik.com.  [Highs and Lows] Reference

Pubmed has a reference about documented hinny and mule fertility in China.    From Wordnik.com.  [Current Biology on flagellum evolution - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

A very curious circumstance pertains to the voice of the mule and the hinny.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Principles of Breeding or, Glimpses at the Physiological Laws involved in the Reproduction and Improvement of Domestic Animals] Reference

The kye's come hyem, but Aa see not me hinny; the kye's come hyem, but Aa see not me bairn.    From Wordnik.com.  [Felton Lonnen] Reference

Then Raven called her a hinny, after she threw him off, and said he would ride her bloody. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shaman's Crossing]

"You wouldn't deprive a poor cratur of all the comfort she has in the world, would ye, hinny?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Adèle Dubois A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick] Reference

He rode off one morning on their old hinny to do battle, and Ruby had heard nothing from him since.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cold Mountain]

It is a very rare thing in this country to see a hinny.    From Wordnik.com.  [Darwiniana : Essays — Volume 02] Reference

` ` We will try to mend your memory by and by, hinny, '' said.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Heart of Mid-Lothian] Reference

"But ye haena lost yer place, hae ye, hinny?" said the mother.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Elect Lady] Reference

` ` Never mind, hinny Levitt, 'said the old woman; ` ` you are.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Heart of Mid-Lothian] Reference

"And it's nineteen you are to-day, hinny," she cried, looking at.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Orchard Glen] Reference

"O, the hinny love!" said Aunt Patty, brightening at these words.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems] Reference

"It would be a very pretty little piece, hinny," she said softly.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Lizbeth of the Dale] Reference

A cross between a female donkey and a male horse is called a hinny.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fore, right!] Reference

Ye sudna blame him, says I, hinny, for ye little ken what may hae happened. ''.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Antiquary] Reference

Deputies believe the animals are a rare horse-donkey combination called a hinny.    From Wordnik.com.  [DesMoinesRegister.com - NEWS] Reference

Well, well, you Lindsays were all great for the books -- come away in, hinny, come away.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Orchard Glen] Reference

"Ay, well, hinny, if you want fine clothes, I doubt you'll get nobody but the young squire.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Romance of the Coast] Reference

"Eh, eh, hinny, I ken all about it," she whispered, lapsing into broader Scotch in her agitation.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Orchard Glen] Reference