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Webster 1913 Edition

Pinnock

Pin′nock

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Noun.
[Of uncertain origin.]
(Zool.)
(a)
The hedge sparrow.
[Prov. Eng.]
(b)
The tomtit.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pinnock

PIN'NOCK

,
Noun.
A small bird, the tomtit.

Definition 2024

pinnock

pinnock

English

Noun

pinnock ‎(plural pinnocks)

  1. (Britain, dialect) The hedge sparrow.
  2. The tomtit.

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from a base pin, of unknown origin +‎ -ock ‎(diminutive suffix).

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