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piny

or pine·y

[ pahy-nee ]

adjective

, pin·i·er, pin·i·est.
  1. abounding in or covered with pine trees:

    piny hillsides.

  2. pertaining to or suggestive of pine trees:

    a piny fragrance.



piny

/ ˈpaɪnɪ /

adjective

  1. of, resembling, or covered with pine trees


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Word History and Origins

Origin of piny1

First recorded in 1620–30; pine 1 + -y 1

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Example Sentences

But you are furnished with clean rooms and good and abundant fare: yourself and the piny woods must do the rest.

I do dislike Mrs. Pryor talking in that whiny-piny voice; and how disagreeable she was about Puck.

As we hiked on, I kept noticing that smell of smoke—a piny smoke; and it did not come from the dug-out, surely.

On the evening of the second day after entering the piny woods of Mississippi, he came upon a party of Creeks and Cherokees.

The piny knoll was steep and rocky and only two adventurous boys would ever have reached the top.

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