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pinner

noun /ˈpɪnə(ɹ)/

  1. A headdress like a cap, with long lappets.

  2. A cloth band for a gown.

    Inſtead of Home-ſpun quoifs were ſeen / Good Pinners, edg'd with Colberteen: [...]

Where it comes from

From Middle English pynner, pynnere, pinnere, equivalent to pin + -er.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry pinner (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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