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.

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piny British  

/ ˈpaɪnɪ /

adjective

1. of, resembling, or covered with pine trees

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Etymology

Origin of piny

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

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Example Sentences

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piny

Zoologist Bivouacked in the piny hills near the Han early last week, the 25th Division had its hands full digging in for the expected Chinese assault.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

On the solitary road from Wadesboro to Charlotte, just as the piny hills begin puckering up, grew Union County and the town of Monroe.

From Time Magazine Archive

While all these potential rewards and troubles boiled furiously, Bob Young spent most of last week in the piny woods of northern Florida, expertly banging away at quail.

From Time Magazine Archive

As we hiked on, I kept noticing that smell of smoke—a piny smoke; and it did not come from the dug-out, surely.

From Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin

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