pincase

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noun

A case for storing the pins used in needlework.

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Meanings

nounpincase (plural pincases)

plural pincases

  1. A case for storing the pins used in needlework.

    Thy purse and eke thy gay guilt kniues, thy pincase gallant to the eie: No better wore the Burgesse wiues, and yet thou wouldst not loue me.

    1878 [1584], Clement Robinson, “A new Courtly Sonet, of the Lady Greensleeues” (stanza 7), in Edward Arber, editor, A Handful of Pleasant Delights

Origin

From pin + case.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

pincase. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pincase

MLA

“pincase.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pincase. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pincase,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pincase.

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