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pin
1 a: a piece of solid material (as wood or metal) used especially for fastening things together or as a support by which one thing may be suspended from another bobsolete : the center peg of a target
; also : the center itself c: something that resembles a pin especially in slender elongated form <an electrical connector pin> d
(1): one of the pieces constituting the target in various games (as bowling)
(2): the peg at which a quoit is pitched
(3): the staff of the flag marking a hole on a golf course e: a peg for regulating the tension of the strings of a musical instrument f: the part of a key stem that enters a lock g: a belaying pin2 a
(1): a very thin small pointed metal pin with a head used especially for fastening cloth
(2): little
, trifle <bother them all! I don't care a pin about them
— Bram Stoker> b: an ornament or emblem fastened to clothing with a pin c
(1): bobby pin
(2): hairpin
(3): safety pin3: leg —usually used in plural <wobbly on his pins>4: a fall in wrestling
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