pirn
Americannoun
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a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
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a fishing reel.
noun
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a reel or bobbin
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(in weaving) the spool of a shuttle
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a fishing reel
Etymology
Origin of pirn
1400–50; late Middle English pyrne < ?
Example Sentences
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Pity me, Mr. Samuel, my honoured and dear friend, for my pirn is almost run out, and I am not near saved.’
From Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents by Alexander Whyte
"Ance let a hizzy get you in the girn, Ere ye get loose, ye'll redd a ravell'd pirn."
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
"Ay, mony a pirn has 'Lisbeth filled to me," said Hendry, settling down to a reminiscence.
From A Window in Thrums by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
An my auld acquaintance be hersel, or onything like hersel, she may come to wind us a pirn.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
"The Keeper will rue this before year and day are out," said a third; "the Master of Ravenswood is the lad to wind him a pirn."
From The Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott
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