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piny

American  
[pahy-nee] / ˈpaɪ ni /
Or piney

adjective

pinier, piniest
  1. abounding in or covered with pine trees.

    piny hillsides.

  2. pertaining to or suggestive of pine trees.

    a piny fragrance.


piny British  
/ ˈpaɪnɪ /

adjective

  1. of, resembling, or covered with pine trees

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of piny

First recorded in 1620–30; pine 1 + -y 1

Example Sentences

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All but 300 marchers were to drop back at a point 17 miles out of Selma, where the highway narrows to a two-lane, 20-mile strip of piny woods and dismal marshes.

From Time Magazine Archive

At length she looked at piny, sandy, swank Aiken, S. C. and found it good.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was hoping to leave in a fortnight with his daughter Indira for the cool, piny forests of Uttar Pradesh, there to sleep under the stars, ride ponies, climb mountains and go boating.

From Time Magazine Archive

A search quickly turned up the pirate rig�3,000 ft. away over the piny hills.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ot'er side this muskeg, then piny ridge and little small prairie.

From The Huntress by Footner, Hulbert

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