put in the pin

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English

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Etymology

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From the ancient peg tankard, which was furnished with a row of pins, or pegs, to regulate the amount which each person was to drink.

Verb

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put in the pin (third-person singular simple present puts in the pin, present participle putting in the pin, simple past and past participle put in the pin)

  1. (UK, slang, obsolete) To refrain from drinking alcohol.

References

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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary