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At some of the weddings I've attended, I fell into the role of official boutonniere and corsage pinner.— Weddingbee
The poem did, for the rest, as will be suggested to you, give me the very greatest pleasure, and astonish me in two ways ... by the versification, mechanically considered; and by the successful evolution of pure beauty from all that roughness and rudeness of the sin of the boar-pinner--successfully evolved, without softening one hoarse accent of his voice.— The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846
Given to my wife to buy lace for a pinner, to buy holland for napkins and aprons, etc 5 dollars and a halfe.— Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676
Squire you can find Swift Nicks for him, and they'll fill your pinner with guineas.— The Yeoman Adventurer

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