pinder

[ pin-der ]

noun

, Southern U.S. (chiefly South Carolina).

1. peanut.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pinder¹

First recorded in 1690–1700, pinder is from the Kongo word mpinda, or a cognate Bantu word

Example Sentences

Michael Johnson, defending, said Pinder had travelled to Southport and congregated with others in a pub.

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Gavin Pinder, 47, who worked at Hinkley Point in Somerset, travelled to the town on July 30 in the wake of the attack on a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in which three children were killed.

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Pinder, who claimed a police officer hit him with a baton after he questioned why information about the attack was being suppressed, was jailed for two years and four months after pleading guilty to violent disorder.

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Footage of the disorder showed Pinder shout at officers, throw a traffic cone and throw a smaller object towards them.

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The court heard Pinder, father to a four-year-old, had 10 previous convictions, including for breaching an international football banning order.

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