piñon
[ pin-yuhn, peen-yohn, peen-yohn; Spanish pee-nyawn ]
Origin of piñon
11825–35, Americanism;<Spanish piñón, derivative of piña pine cone
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Other Idioms and Phrases with piñon
piñon
Attribute to someone, especially a wrongdoing or crime. For example, They pinned the murder on the wrong man. This expression uses pin in the sense of “attach.” [First half of 1900s]
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