piny

or pine·y

[ pahy-nee ]

/ ˈpaɪ ni /

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adjective, pin·i·er, pin·i·est.

abounding in or covered with pine trees: piny hillsides.

pertaining to or suggestive of pine trees: a piny fragrance.

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Origin of piny

First recorded in 1620–30; pine¹ + -y¹

Words nearby piny

pin wrench, pinx., pinxit, pinxter flower, Pinxy, piny, pinyin, pinyon, pinyon jay, Pinza, Pinzón

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How to use piny in a sentence

But you are furnished with clean rooms and good and abundant fare: yourself and the piny woods must do the rest.
Sixes and Sevens|O. Henry
I do dislike Mrs. Pryor talking in that whiny-piny voice; and how disagreeable she was about Puck.
Salome|Emma Marshall
As we hiked on, I kept noticing that smell of smoke—a piny smoke; and it did not come from the dug-out, surely.
Pluck on the Long Trail|Edwin L. Sabin
On the evening of the second day after entering the piny woods of Mississippi, he came upon a party of Creeks and Cherokees.
A Dream of Empire|William Henry Venable

The piny knoll was steep and rocky and only two adventurous boys would ever have reached the top.
Mr. Wicker's Window|Carley Dawson

British Dictionary definitions for piny

piny

/ (ˈpaɪnɪ) /

adjective pinier or piniest

of, resembling, or covered with pine trees

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