PINS

[ pinz ]

noun
  1. a person of less than 16 years of age placed under the jurisdiction of a juvenile court because of habitual disobedience, intractability, or antisocial but noncriminal behavior.

Origin of PINS

1
P(erson)I(n)N(eed of) S(upervision)

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How to use PINS in a sentence

  • Who could have believed that only a fortnight ago these same figures were clean as new PINS; smart and well-liking!

  • The latter-named proportions may in some measure account for "what becomes of the PINS?"

    Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
  • PINS were first manufactured here in quantities about 1750, the Ryland family having the honour of introducing the trade.

    Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
  • I'm rather shaky on my PINS yet and the chair it must be, if I'm to put myself in connection with that lounge.

    Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn Raymond
  • Her hair had fallen from its PINS and hung in a braid, its length concealed by her position, and making the effect of a queue.

    Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton