Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a pin.

Etymologies

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pin +‎ -like

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Examples

  • We installed the little pinlike things, and they didn't seem to make any difference.

    ana-ng Diary Entry ana-ng 2009

  • You set your various internal computer organs on the little pinlike things, then screw them in.

    ana-ng Diary Entry ana-ng 2009

  • Apparently, there are supposed to be numerous little pinlike things along the inside wall of the computer case.

    ana-ng Diary Entry ana-ng 2009

  • Rijid's friend saw no little pinlike things, so he decided he maybe didn't need them.

    ana-ng Diary Entry ana-ng 2009

  • Little pinlike things help maintain proper spacing between all the different bits.

    ana-ng Diary Entry ana-ng 2009

  • He pointed to a rough shelf where stood a broken pot, something that looked like an old brooch, a long pinlike thing, and part of a stone head.

    Five On A Secret Trail Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1956

  • Such pinlike pink merry eyes as made me think of Kris Kringle himself.

    The Enormous Room 1928

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