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Piner

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A torturer. obsolete
  2. 2
    A labourer, especially a turf cutter. Scotland
  3. 3
    Someone who fells Huon pine trees; a logger, someone involved in the Huon timber trade. Tasmania

    "Then there was Bunny D—, an Aboriginal piner who had been in the camps with Dad and who was famed for his bush skills."

  4. 4
    An animal or creature starving or suffering from a wasting disease.
  5. 5
    Someone who lives in a region where pine trees grow; a pinelander. Southern-US
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  1. 6
    Someone who is pining for something. rare

Etymology

Etymology 1

From pine (“languish, grieve”) + -er.

Etymology 2

Apparently from Middle Dutch piner, pijner (Dutch pijnder), from pinen, pijnen (“to labour, toil”).

Etymology 3

From pine (“type of tree”) + -er.

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