Pin is used as slang for ‘leg’ as early as 1520.
Pins is used to describe the target to be knocked down by the 1570s.
Pin money originally referred to the annual sum allocated for a woman to spend on her attire, and seen as such since the 1620s.
Pins and needles describes a tingling sensation from 1810.
The sound of pin dropping to refer to near silence is seen from 1775.
Pin down meaning ‘define’ dates from 1951.
PIN as in Personal Identification Number has been seen since 1981.
Pinwheel is seen from 1690, when it referred to a part of the clock. In reference to a firework, it is found from 1869.
Ninepins is a game seen since 1570 – the game also recorded as ninepegs and nineholes.
Tenpins is recorded from 1600.
Pinball is a game played and known as such since 1907, although it took another thirty years before the pinball machine made its debut.
Pinstripe cloth has been recorded since 1882.
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