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Definition of Pinfolded
1. pinfold [v] - See also: pinfold
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinfolded
Literary usage of Pinfolded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1865)
"... and have got them all pinfolded between Mutzel and Oder in that way. In the
evening, he reaches Damm and the Mill of Damm, some three or four miles ..."
2. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"—himself not intending to cross till he be up at Damm, Neu Damm, well eastward
of his Russians, and have got them all pinfolded between ..."
3. The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America by Nathaniel Ward (1843)
"... had this beene the course in the Primitive time, the Gospel had been pinfolded
up in a few Cities, and not spread as it is. What more ungodly sacriledge ..."
4. Tracts and Other Papers Relating Principally to the Origin, Settlement, and by Peter Force (1844)
"... the Gospel had been pinfolded up in a few Cities, and not spread as it is.
What more ungodly sacriledge or man-stealing can there be, than to purloin ..."
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