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单词 pingwing
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pingwingn.

Brit. /ˈpɪŋwɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɪŋˌwɪŋ/, Caribbean English /ˈpɪŋˌwɪŋ/
Forms: 1900s– ping-wing, 1900s– pingwing.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: pinguin n.
Etymology: Variant of pinguin n.
Caribbean (chiefly Jamaican).
A pinguin plant; (also) a fence or thicket of pinguin.
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1933 C. McKay Banana Bottom xvii. 179 Around them growing natural fences, hibiscus red and white and pink, six-months, dagger palms, pingwings.
1954 R. Mais Brother Man iv. 148 ‘Puss run through ping-wing, lef' him tail behind. What's dat?’.. ‘Needle an' thread, sewin' cloth,’ said Papacita.
1993 H. N. Thomas Spirits in Dark viii. 100 After breakfast he headed toward the sea and sat under a clump of pingwing and thought about nothing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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