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noun
- (context, now dialectal) The penis.
- A pin or bolt, usually vertical, which acts as a pivot for a hinge or a rudder.
- 2005: The train had a searchlight mounted on a on a flat car. " James Meek, The People's Act of Love (Canongate 2006, p. 31)
- (context, gunnery) An iron pin used to control recoil of a cannon or around which a gun carriage revolves.
Etymology: Old English pintel "penis".
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