pinworks

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noun

A factory that makes pins.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounpinworks (plural pinworks)
  1. A factory that makes pins.

    A pinworks in Birmingham in 1810 divided the production process into thirteen different operations: the wire was drawn out to a proper size by a simple engine; it was straightened by another machine; it was cut into lengths; […]

    2005, Maxine Berg, The Age of Manufactures, 1700-1820, page 234

Origin

From pin + works.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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