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pin

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1. pin - Noun

2. pin - Verb

Meaning

Mood; humor.

To peen.

To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.

A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt.

Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc.

Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.

That which resembles a pin in its form or use

A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.

A linchpin.

A rolling-pin.

A clothespin.

A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.

One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink.

The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center.

Caligo. See Caligo.

An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.

The leg; as, to knock one off his pins.

To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The important thing in my view is not to pin the blame for a mistake on somebody, but rather to find out what caused the mistake. Akio Morita

Were it not for the Clash, punk would have been just a sneer, a safety pin and a pair of bondage trousers. Billy Bragg

It is just flipping unbelievable. He is a mixture of Harry Houdini and a greased piglet. He is barely human in his elusiveness. Nailing Blair is like trying to pin jelly to a wall. Boris Johnson

When the affected lady is doing well she eats her peas with a pin. Jamaican Proverb

He has a head, and so has a pin. Portuguese Proverb

He takes out a nail and puts in a pin. Italian Proverb

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