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pin

/pɪn/ noun C2
  1. A cataract of the eye.

Plural pins

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Gilbert had whisked the pin out of sight and was studying his history with the soberest face in the world; but when the commotion subsided he looked at Anne and winked with inexpressible drollery.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 112 · C1
If anyone treads on my toes or sticks a pin into me, it doesn’t matter, for I can’t feel it.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 18 · B2
Gold pin—bull-dog’s head, with rubies as eyes.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 31 · B2
In the other corner was the aforesaid three-cornered table adorned with a fat, red velvet pincushion hard enough to turn the point of the most adventurous pin.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 35 · C1

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