Pinter

[ pin-ter ]

noun
  1. Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.

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How to use Pinter in a sentence

  • Pinter straightened himself, blinking like an owl, and looked carelessly over the graveyard.

  • After that Dave lost no time: he drove straight on, encouraged by the thuds of Pinter's and Kullers' picks drawing nearer.

  • Pinter had practical experience and a line clear of graves, and he made good time.

  • Pinter chose a spot about three panels or thirty feet along the other fence, the back fence of the cemetery, and started his hole.

  • Pinter scratched his chin-feathers reflectively till the other party cooled.

British Dictionary definitions for Pinter

Pinter

/ (ˈpɪntə) /


noun
  1. Harold. 1930–2008, English dramatist. His plays, such as The Caretaker (1959), The Homecoming (1964), No Man's Land (1974), Moonlight (1993), and Celebration (2000), are noted for their equivocal and halting dialogue: Nobel prize for literature 2005

Derived forms of Pinter

  • Pinteresque, adjective

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