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"Badge fastener"

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3 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɪn/Part of speech verb, nounSorted inpStarts with PEnds with N6 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (chess) immobilize a piece

Word origin

From Middle English pinne, from Old English pinn (“pin, peg, bolt”), from Proto-Germanic *pinnaz, *pinnō, *pint- (“protruding point, peak, peg, pin, nail”), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- (“protruding object, pointed peg, nail, edge”). Related to pen (“enclosure”).

Used in a sentence

  • With pins of adamant / And chains they made all fast.
  • Pull the pin out of the grenade before throwing it at the enemy.
  • I'm not so good on my pins these days.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer6 curated clues

01Badge fastener3 letters
02Brooch fastener3 letters
03Lapel fastener3 letters
04Pointed fastener3 letters
05Tiny pointed fastener3 letters
06Small fastener3 letters

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