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pinners

pinners is the plural of pinner.

Meaning of pinner

Noun (1)

pinner (plural pinners)

  1. A headdress like a cap, with long lappets.
  2. A cloth band for a gown.
    • Inſtead of Home-ſpun quoifs were ſeen / Good Pinners, edg'd with Colberteen: [...]1708, [Jonathan Swift], “The Metamorphosis of Baucis and Philemon, Burlesqu’d; from the 8th Book of Ovid”, in Baucis and Philemon; a Poem. […], London: […] H. Hills, […], published 1709, →OCLC, page 7

Noun (2)

pinner (plural pinners)

  1. (obsolete) One who pins or impounds cattle; a pinder.

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Questions about pinners

What is pinners the plural of?
Pinners is the plural of pinner.

Words near pinners in the dictionary

  1. Pinnelhill
  2. Pinnell
  3. Pinnells
  4. pinner
  5. pinner-up
  6. pinners
  7. pinners-up
  8. pinnet
  9. pinnets
  10. Pinney
  11. Pinneys

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