PINKERTON

Proper noun

Pinkerton (plural Pinkertons)

A Scottish and Northern Irish habitational surname for someone from a place of that name near Dunbar.

Noun

Pinkerton (plural Pinkertons)

(dated, countable) An operative employed by the Pinkerton National Detective Agency founded by Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884).

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Word of the Day

14 January 2025

SUCH

(adjective) of so extreme a degree or extent; “such weeping”; “so much weeping”; “such a help”; “such grief”; “never dreamed of such beauty”


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