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[ noun ] 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

Used in print

(David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)

There are boxed proclamations in the newspaper of watchings , pinnings , ringings , engagements , and marriages in a scrupulously graded hierarchy of felicity .

Related terms

promise

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