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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English pynner, pynnere, pinnere, equivalent to pin + -er.
Noun
pinner (plural pinners)
- 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.
- A headdress like a cap, with long lappets.
- A cloth band for a gown.
1708, [Jonathan Swift], “The Metamorphosis of Baucis and Philemon, Burlesqu’d; from the 8th Book of Ovid”, in Baucis and Philemon; a Poem. , London: H. Hills, , published 1709, →OCLC, page 7:Inſtead of Home-ſpun quoifs were ſeen / Good Pinners, edg'd with Colberteen: [...]
1714, J[ohn] Gay, “Friday; or, The Dirge”, in The Shepherd’s Week. In Six Pastorals, London: R. Burleigh , →OCLC, page 44, lines 55–58:If by the dairy's hatch I chance to hie, / I ſhall her goodly countenance eſpie, / For there her goodly countenance I've ſeen, / Set off with kerchief ſtarch'd and pinners clean.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Variant of pinder, from Middle English pindere, pyndere, pundere, pendere, equivalent to pend (“to pen”) + -er.
Noun
pinner (plural pinners)
- (obsolete) One who pins or impounds cattle; a pinder.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
pinner m
- indefinite plural of pinne