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Webster 1913 Edition

Pinner

Pin′ner

,
Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, pins or fastens, as with pins.
2.
(Costume)
(a)
A headdress like a cap, with long lappets.
(b)
An apron with a bib; a pinafore.
(c)
A cloth band for a gown.
[Obs.]
With kerchief starched, and
pinners
clean.
Gay.
3.
A pin maker.

Pin′ner

,
Noun.
[See
Pin
to pound.]
One who pins or impounds cattle. See
Pin
,
Verb.
T.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Pinner

PIN'NER

,
Noun.
One that pins or fastens; also, a pounder of cattle, or the pound keeper.
1.
A pin-maker.
2.
The lappet of a head which flies loose.

Definition 2024

Pinner

Pinner

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English

Proper noun

Pinner

  1. An area of the London borough of Harrow.
  2. A surname​.

pinner

pinner

See also: Pinner

English

Noun

pinner ‎(plural pinners)

  1. Agent noun of pin; one who pins.
    • 2009, Harold Bergsma, The Opium Eaters (page 181)
      This wrestler or pahlwan was a devotee of the old type of wrestling, in which the opponent is thrown down and pinned, unable to get out from under the pinner.
  2. (obsolete) One who pins or impounds cattle.
  3. A headdress like a cap, with long lappets.
  4. A cloth band for a gown.
    • Gay
      With kerchief starched, and pinners clean.

Etymology

pin +‎ -er

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