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A short, straight, stiff piece of wire with a blunt head and a sharp point, used especially for fastening.
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Something, such as a safety pin, that resembles such a piece of wire in shape or use.
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A whit; a jot: didn't care a pin about the matter.
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A slender, usually cylindrical piece of wood or metal for holding or fastening parts together, or serving as a support for suspending one thing from another, as:
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A thin rod for securing the ends of fractured bones.
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American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.