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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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¶LILTIN PIN, n.comb. See quot. and cf. Dally, n.¹Rxb. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XI. 108 s.v.:
A pin or small bit of wood, formerly used by the bandster, on the harvest-field, for pushing in the end of the straw-rope with which he binds up the sheaf.