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pinder

[ pin-der ]

noun

, Southern U.S. (chiefly South Carolina).


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pinder1

First recorded in 1690–1700, pinder is from the Kongo word mpinda, or a cognate Bantu word

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Example Sentences

Pinder, 29, appears to be nonplussed, telling the website, “The shoot is meant to be fun and very tongue-in-cheek.”

Jane Thorneton accused by Rachel Pinder, who however confessed to fraud.

Pinder, the man in charge of the pound or pinfold, was the name of a famous wicket-keeper of the last century.

After a short but sharp contest, the kite fell suddenly to the earth, not far from Mr. Pinder.

"That's just reet," said Pinder, when his wife bote hur tung i' two!

There is a parody upon the same ballad in the "Pinder of Wakefield" (London, 1621).

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