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a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer''s garment flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown informal terms of the leg; "fever left him weak on his sticks" immobilize a piece attach or fasten with pins pierce with a pin; "pin down the butterfly" a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in groups as a target a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc. when a wrestler''s shoulders are forced to the mat to hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree" |
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