pin basketn.
/ˈpɪn ˌbɑːskᵻt/, /ˈpɪn ˌbaskᵻt/, U.S. /ˈpɪn ˌbæskət/ Now rare (English regional (East Anglian) and U.S. regional (eastern) in later use).
A large ornamental pincushion with pins of various lengths inserted so as to resemble a basket, formerly presented to a woman on the birth of a child. Hence figurative: the youngest child in a family.In quot. 1794: the youngest offspring of a hen.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > youngest child
nestling1572
reckling1611
swill-pough1611
nestle-tripe1616
nest-cock1674
pin basket1706
poke-shakings1808
mother's pet1819
afterthought1891
1706 Female Grievances Debated 12 As for my part I hate a thing that looks like a Twin or Pin-Basket.
1780 Gentleman's Mag. 50 77 No less natural is it that the pin-basket of the lawful wife should have the greatest share of the father's affections.
1794 J. Williams Shrove Tuesday 4 My gay Chanticleer..The pin-basket of my Sultana hen.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) II. 252 Pin-basket, the youngest child in a family.
1899 B. W. Green Word-bk. Virginia Folk-speech 322 Pin-basket, the youngest child of a family.
1904 Post Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 29 May Only a woman knows how much of a comfort such a well-supplied and ornamental pin basket can prove.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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