piner

¹ American  

[pahyn-er] / ˈpaɪn ər /

noun

piners plural

1. Australian. a person who fells and dresses timber in a pine forest.

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piner ² American  

[pahyn-er] / ˈpaɪn ər /

noun

piners plural

1. an animal afflicted with starvation or other wasting condition.

2. a person who pines or suffers longingly with grief, regret, or desire.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• piners
  plural

Example Sentences

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piner piners

He is solitary, uncompromising, a piner for lost love, an adherent to a code of his own making.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2020

And ardent Southern piners like Chemist Herty claim that if cultivated like field crops, slash pine could be harvested five years from the planting of seedlings.

From Time Magazine Archive

The dwellings occupied by the piners when up the river are of the style known as `Badger-boxes,' in distinction from huts, which have perpendicular walls, while the Badger-box is like an inverted V in section.

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis