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- noun Plural form of
pinion . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
pinion .
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Examples
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I don 'feel called upon to' spress no 'pinions 'bout nobody.
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If the "Over-ruling Hand" was not in it, it certainly has proven a fortunate "happen so" for our lives have so nicely matched in the "pinions" as to have needed no other lubrication than love for all these years.
Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After Henry Bascom Smith
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They’re the bearing caps for the axles (called pinions) on the gears (called wheels).
Piano Graphics Tablecloth: The More You Eat, The More You Toot 2009
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"A body must b'lieve in somethin ', else he'm a rudderless vessel seemin'ly, but wi' sich a flood of 'pinions 'bout the airth, how's wan sailorman to knaw what be safe anchorage and what ban't?"
Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911
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Our 'pinions 'bout these matters are a good deal due to our bringin' up, and the experiences we've met with.
Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast Charles Clark Munn 1882
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Plus he said people "always have 'pinions 'bout him ..."'pinions??
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/ Observe the thing its gaudy pinions spread, / Pride in its eye with sense inverted head.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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An unkindness of ravens convened among the heather, sweeping in from the west with air hissing through their pinions, and launched into harsh and measured discourse.
Country diary: Lleyn 2011
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He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings you will shelter; His faithfulness is a shield and buckler.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings you will shelter; His faithfulness is a shield and buckler.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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