piner
The English word “piner” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- A torturer.
- An animal or creature starving or suffering from a wasting disease.
- Someone who is pining for something.
- A labourer, especially a turf cutter.
- Someone who fells Huon pine trees; a logger, someone involved in the Huon timber trade.
- Someone who lives in a region where pine trees grow; a pinelander.
Etymology
From pine (“languish, grieve”) + -er.
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