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Word History and Origins
Origin of piñon1
1825–35, Americanism; < Spanish piñón, derivative of piña pine cone
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Example Sentences
Behind and enveloping it lay a forest of low-growing and limby piñon pines and cedars.
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Gathering a fresh quantity of the leaves, and tying them together, I again set out for the piñon-tree.
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Here I spent the day; and with a fresh cargo of leaves returned at night to the piñon, where I again slept.
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Jones calmly gathered himself up, rearranged his lasso, took his long stick, and proceeded to mount the piñon again.
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Then a black and yellow, swiftly flying string of hounds bore into sight down the slope, streaked up and circled the piñon.
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