piñon
[ pin-yuhn, peen-yohn, peen-yohn; Spanish pee-nyawn ]
/ ˈpɪn yən, ˈpin yoʊn, pinˈyoʊn; Spanish piˈnyɔn /
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noun, plural pi·ñons, Spanish pi·ño·nes [pee-nyaw-nes]. /piˈnyɔ nɛs/.
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Origin of piñon
1825–35, Americanism;<Spanish piñón, derivative of piña pine cone
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Other Idioms and Phrases with piñon
pin on
Attribute to someone, especially a wrongdoing or crime. For example, They pinned the murder on the wrong man. This expression uses pin in the sense of “attach.” [First half of 1900s]
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