put in the pin
(UK, slang, obsolete) To refrain from drinking alcohol.
Definitions
UK
#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
(UK, slang, obsolete) To refrain from drinking alcohol.
Origin: From the ancient peg tankard, which was furnished with a row of pins, or pegs, to regulate the amount which each person was to drink. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Was this helpful?
Comments
Used in
UK
Have a better definition?
Add your own interpretation of "put in the pin".
⚡About Tech, Dev & AI slang
The vocabulary of software engineers, AI researchers, and anyone living in a terminal or on GitHub — from LLM to MCP, CORS to vibe coding, agentic to enshittification.
See all Tech, Dev & AI slang on Slangora.
Tags
Other words near "put in the pin" (P)
pussy ticklerputawayput downputeleeput him in to get him output input it downput one's whole pussy intoput output paid toput someone in hospitalput someone on game
Browse all slang words starting with P.