put in the pin
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
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)
References[edit]
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary