pincoffin

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noun

A prepared commercial variety of garancine, used as a violet dye and sold in the 19th century.

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Meanings

nounpincoffin (uncountable)
  1. historicaluncountableA prepared commercial variety of garancine, used as a violet dye and sold in the 19th century.

Origin

From Pincoff (“name of the English manufacturer”), + -in.

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APA

pincoffin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pincoffin

MLA

“pincoffin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pincoffin. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pincoffin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pincoffin.

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