"finnegan pin" citation from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Catchword: finnegan pin

Filed Under: English

Part of Speech: n.

The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.

Quotation: Finnegan pin…A nonexistent object used as the basis of practical jokes.…A finnegan pin in the muffler gear.

Date of Publication:
1968

Originally published in:

Original Author:
Frederic Cassidy, Joan Houston Hall, et al.

Original Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
DARE

Original Page Number: 420-21

This cite belongs to a full entry for Finnegan pin.

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