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Word entry · 6 letters

pinner

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"Flapped cap"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɪnə(ɹ)/Part of speech nounSorted einnprStarts with PEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
1P2I3N4N5E6R

Definitions

  1. A small cap or head covering with pinned flaps.

Word origin

From Middle English pynner, pynnere, pinnere, equivalent to pin + -er.

Used in a sentence

  • This wrestler or pahlwan was a devotee of the old type of wrestling, in which the opponent is thrown down and pinned, unable to get out from under the pinner.
  • Inſtead of Home-ſpun quoifs were ſeen / Good Pinners, edg'd with Colberteen: [...]
  • If by the dairy's hatch I chance to hie, / I ſhall her goodly countenance eſpie, / For there her goodly countenance I've ſeen, / Set off with kerchief ſtarch'd and pinners clean.

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