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Pinkertons

Pinkertons is the plural of Pinkerton.

Meaning of Pinkerton

Noun

Pinkerton (plural Pinkertons)

  1. (countable, dated) An operative employed by the Pinkerton National Detective Agency founded by Allan Pinkerton (1819–1884).
    • My heart wells up in admiration of the man, as I think of his participation in the memorable struggle of Homestead. He fought the Pinkertons, the myrmidons of Capital.1912, Alexander Berkman, chapter 6, in Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist

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Questions about Pinkertons

What is Pinkertons the plural of?
Pinkertons is the plural of Pinkerton.

Words near Pinkertons in the dictionary

  1. pinkers
  2. Pinkerton
  3. Pinkerton syndrome
  4. Pinkertonian
  5. Pinkertonism
  6. Pinkertons
  7. pinkest
  8. Pinket
  9. Pinkett
  10. pinkette
  11. pinkettes

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