pinder

[pin-der]

noun

Southern U.S. (chiefly South Carolina).

1. peanut.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pinder¹

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

Example Sentences

Ray Thomas, a founding member of the group who played flute, died in 2018; Graeme Edge, the band’s founding drummer, died in 2021; Laine died in 2023; Mike Pinder, who played keyboards in the band until 1978, died last year.

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Manpreet Pinder, who has since trained as a volunteer breastfeeding peer supporter, and her sister, Sukhneet, said without the group they would not have learned how to breastfeed.

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Ms Pinder, who had her son in 2020, said she found it difficult to breastfeed at first.

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Ms Pinder's sister Sukhneet said that until she had her own child, she did not realise the extent of what her sister had gone through.

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Ms Pinder said of her breastfeeding experience: "It was so painful, I couldn't get him on. I don't have words to describe the pain, it was so bad."

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