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pinworks

pinworks noun: a factory that makes pins.

Noun

pinworks (plural pinworks)

  1. A factory that makes pins.
    • A pinworks in Birmingham in 1810 divided the production process into thirteen different operations: the wire was drawn out to a proper size by a simple engine; it was straightened by another machine; it was cut into lengths; […]2005, Maxine Berg, The Age of Manufactures, 1700-1820, page 234

Forms of pinworks

pluralpinworks

Origin of pinworks

From pin + works.

Questions about pinworks

What does pinworks mean?
Pinworks means a factory that makes pins.
What part of speech is pinworks?
Pinworks is a noun.
What is the plural of pinworks?
The plural of pinworks is pinworks.

Words near pinworks in the dictionary

  1. pinwheel sandwiches
  2. pinwheeled
  3. pinwheeling
  4. pinwheels
  5. Pinwherry
  6. pinworks
  7. pinworm
  8. pinworms
  9. pinxit
  10. pinxits
  11. Pinxter

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