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pincoffin

pincoffin noun: a prepared commercial variety of garancine, used as a violet dye and sold in the 19th century.

Noun

pincoffin (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A prepared commercial variety of garancine, used as a violet dye and sold in the 19th century.

Origin of pincoffin

From Pincoff (“name of the English manufacturer”), + -in.

Questions about pincoffin

What does pincoffin mean?
Pincoffin means a prepared commercial variety of garancine, used as a violet dye and sold in the 19th century.
What part of speech is pincoffin?
Pincoffin is a noun.

Words near pincoffin in the dictionary

  1. pincloth
  2. pincloths
  3. Pincock
  4. pincode
  5. pincodes
  6. pincoffin
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  9. pincpinc
  10. pincurl
  11. pincurls

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