Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pinning"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pin \Pin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pinned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pinning}.] [See {Pin}, n.]
To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a
garment; to pin boards together. ``As if she would pin her to
her heart.'' --Shak.
{To pin one's faith upon}, to depend upon; to trust to.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pinning
n : a mutual promise of a couple not to date anyone else; on
college campuses it was once signaled by the giving of a
fraternity pin
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