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- noun UK
solitary confinement , formerly used as a method ofpunishment inchildren's homes
Etymologies
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Examples
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If thatall sounds a bit junior school playground, he does have a point – much of Won't Go Quietly is hard to pindown.
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BRYANT: She ` s a guy ` s girl who ` s gone from pinup to pindown.
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"Quillan wrestled Virod to a pindown once," she said to Trigger.
Legacy James H. Schmitz 1946
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But inquiries into the "pindown regime" used in Staffordshire children's homes, and the abuse in homes in Leicestershire and North Wales shows that Britain's record is nothing to be proud of.
Prospect Magazine» Magazine Ben Rogers 2010
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Fantasy is also a much broader genre than either Horror or Science Fiction, and as such it is more difficult to pindown exactly how it found its way into the SF Ghetto.
Wet Asphalt 2009
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I can come up with examples where he’s tried to avoid a pindown.
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