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pin

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

Plural pins

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It is in my heart that when Akela misses his next kill--and at each hunt it costs him more to pin the buck--the Pack will turn against him and against thee.
The Jungle Book, p. 18 · 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
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
What pin-money, what jewels, what carriages you will have!
Pride and Prejudice, p. 359 · B2

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