Meaning of piner | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
2. A torturer.
   obsolete
3. A labourer, especially a turf cutter.
   Scotland
4. Someone who fells Huon pine trees; a logger, someone involved in the Huon timber trade.
   Tasmania
5. An unincorporated community in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States.
   countable, uncountable
6. An animal or creature starving or suffering from a wasting disease.
7. Someone who lives in a region where pine trees grow; a pinelander.
   Southern-US
8. Someone who is pining for something.
   rare

Equivalents

Examples

“Then there was Bunny D—, an Aboriginal piner who had been in the camps with Dad and who was famed for his bush skills.”

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