PINS
a person of less than 16 years of age placed under the jurisdiction of a juvenile court because of habitual disobedience, intractability, or antisocial but noncriminal behavior.
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How to use PINS in a sentence
“This is the only place in the souk you can buy safety PINS,” he said.
The Photographer Who Gave Up Manhattan for Marrakech | Liza Foreman | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBeyoncé is to women under 40 as tiny flag PINS and Ronald Reagan are to conservatives.
My sisters opened a beauty parlor in their bedroom, curling hair with crisscrossed bobby PINS and calling it a perm.
‘Tracing the Blue Light’: Read Chapter 1 of Eileen Cronin’s ‘Mermaid’ | Eileen Cronin | April 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTUsers were hacked by clicking questionable PINS, which rapidly spread and resulted in a bootylicious overload.
'Porter' Snags Lady Gaga for Second Cover; Pinterest Gets a Bootylicious Makeover | The Fashion Beast Team | March 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“It would be a swell joke on tout-le-monde if you & Fife & I spent the summer at Juan-les-PINS,” she wrote.
Who could have believed that only a fortnight ago these same figures were clean as new PINS; smart and well-liking!
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonThe latter-named proportions may in some measure account for "what becomes of the PINS?"
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellPINS were first manufactured here in quantities about 1750, the Ryland family having the honour of introducing the trade.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellI'm rather shaky on my PINS yet and the chair it must be, if I'm to put myself in connection with that lounge.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondHer hair had fallen from its PINS and hung in a braid, its length concealed by her position, and making the effect of a queue.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
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