Pinner
[pinә]
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, pins or fastens, as with pins.
(n.) A headdress like a cap, with long lappets.
(n.) An apron with a bib; a pinafore.
(n.) A cloth band for a gown.
(n.) A pin maker.
(n.) One who pins or impounds cattle. See Pin, v. t.
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Examples
- If ever a man was three parts mad with terror, that man's name is Pinner. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Pinner says she's always about your trinket-box and drawers, and everybody's drawers, and she's sure she's put your white ribbing into her box. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She had only been six months at Pinner when I met her; we fell in love with each other, and we married a few weeks afterwards. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Then I brought it round to Mr. Harry Pinner. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I don't trust them governesses, Pinner, she remarked to the maid. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You forget, Mr. Pinner, that I am here by appointment to receive some directions from you, said he. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- My brother, Harry Pinner, is promoter, and joins the board after allotment as managing director. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I'm not sure whether they may not have made their way from Pinner's Lane into the stable-yard; but if not, you will be safer there than here. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- You look ill, Mr. Pinner! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- This sickened her of America, and she came back to live with a maiden aunt at Pinner, in Middlesex. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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