pinder (plural pinders)
(US, dialectal, especially, Southern US) A peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a leguminous plant.
(US, dialectal, especially, Southern US) The plant, Arachis hypogaea, that bears peanuts.
pinder (plural pinders)
(obsolete) One who impounds; a poundkeeper.
• Dneipr, Dniepr, pirned
Pinder (plural Pinders)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pinder is the 7968th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4151 individuals. Pinder is most common among White (50.45%) and Black/African American (42.71%) individuals.
• Dneipr, Dniepr, pirned
Source: Wiktionary
Pin"der, n. Etym: [AS. pyndan to pen up, fr. pund a pound.]
Definition: One who impounds; a poundkeeper. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
