pinnock (plural pinnocks)
(UK, dialect) The hedge sparrow.
The bearded tit.
Pinnock (plural Pinnocks)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pinnock is the 13186th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2318 individuals. Pinnock is most common among Black/African American (74.81%) and White (16.74%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Pin"nock, n. Etym: [Of uncertain origin.] (Zoöl.) (a) The hedge sparrow. [Prov. Eng.] (b) The tomtit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
