pinning

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun a mutual promise of a couple not to date anyone else; on college campuses it was once signaled by the giving of a fraternity pin
verb to hold fast or prevent from moving
verb attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins; .

“I hope you’re a good hand at pinning and tying strings?” Tweedledum remarked. — Through the Looking-Glass, Lewis Carroll
“It's too tight here,” said Mrs. Sequin, pinning and adjusting, “and too loose there. — A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill, Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice
The idea of her pinning that paper on a man and standing him up in the rotunda looks absurd at a first glance. — The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, Mark Twain

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