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polypin

polypin noun: a plastic version of the kind of brewery cask called a pin (equal to half a firkin), popular in homebrewing and the off-trade (deliveries for home consumption).

Noun

polypin (plural polypins)

  1. (UK) A plastic version of the kind of brewery cask called a pin (equal to half a firkin), popular in homebrewing and the off-trade (deliveries for home consumption).

Forms of polypin

pluralpolypins

Origin of polypin

From poly- + pin.

Questions about polypin

What does polypin mean?
Polypin means a plastic version of the kind of brewery cask called a pin (equal to half a firkin), popular in homebrewing and the off-trade (deliveries for home consumption).
What part of speech is polypin?
Polypin is a noun.
What is the plural of polypin?
The plural of polypin is polypins.

Words near polypin in the dictionary

  1. polypiled
  2. polypiles
  3. polypiling
  4. polypill
  5. polypills
  6. polypin
  7. polypine
  8. polypins
  9. polypipe
  10. polypipes
  11. polypite

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