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prin

prin is the alternative spelling of preen.

Meaning of preen

Noun

preen (plural preens)

  1. A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth.
  2. (dialectal) A pin.
    • She never seemed to want for siller; the house was as bright as a new preen, the yaird better delved than the manse garden; […]1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
  3. (dialectal) A bodkin; brooch.

See all 11 meanings of preen

Forms of prin

Noun
pluralprins
Verb
third-person singular presentprins
present participleprinning
past participleprinned
pastprinned

Questions about prin

What is prin the alternative spelling of?
Prin is the alternative spelling of preen.

Words near prin in the dictionary

  1. primuses
  2. primwort
  3. primy
  4. primæval
  5. primævality
  6. prin
  7. prinaberel
  8. princ.
  9. prince
  10. Prince Albert
  11. Prince Albert cage

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prin (page history and authors); preen (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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