pincasen.
/ˈpɪnkeɪs/, U.S. /ˈpɪnˌkeɪs/ Now chiefly historical.
A small case in which to keep pins. Also English regional (northern): a pincushion (now rare).
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1480 Petty Customs Acct. in H. S. Cobb Overseas Trade of London (1990) 184 [7 gross] pyn casez.
1515 Will of Rauffe Symson (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/18) f. 60v A pyncase of tysyn saten.
1584 I. P. in C. Robinson et al. Handefull Pleasant Delites sig. Biiv Thy purse and eke thy gay guilt kniues, thy pincase gallant to the eie.
1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre iii. iv. 37 in Wks. II What doe you lacke, Gentlemen? fine purses, pouches, pincases, pipes?
1646 M. Lluelyn Men-miracles 94 Since you have London left,..Where's not a Silver Spoone left,..not a Bodkin, Pincase, [etc.].
1797 M. Robinson Walsingham IV. lxxvi. 88 An ivory pin-case for your lordship's mother.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Pin-cass, a pin cushion, a corruption of pin-case.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Pin-box, Pin-case, a small fancy box for holding pins.
1936 Discovery Oct. 319/2 A pin-case of the Musquakie Indians of North America.
1993 Hist. Today (Nexis) Aug. 23 The more affluent wooer..showered his lady with..a purse, a pincase, a gown with satin sleeves and garters fringed with gold, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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