pinder

[ pin-der ]

nounSouthern U.S. (chiefly South Carolina).

Origin of pinder

First recorded in 1690–1700, pinder is from the Kongo word mpinda, or a cognate Bantu word

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pinder, 29, appears to be nonplussed, telling the website, “The shoot is meant to be fun and very tongue-in-cheek.”
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Jane Thorneton accused by Rachel pinder, who however confessed to fraud.
A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 | Wallace Notestein
pinder, the man in charge of the pound or pinfold, was the name of a famous wicket-keeper of the last century.
The Romance of Words (4th ed.) | Ernest Weekley
After a short but sharp contest, the kite fell suddenly to the earth, not far from Mr. pinder.
Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals | R. Lee
"That's just reet," said pinder, when his wife bote hur tung i' two!
Lancashire Sketches | Edwin Waugh

There is a parody upon the same ballad in the "pinder of Wakefield" (London, 1621).
Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3) | Walter Scott

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