put in the pin
English edit
Etymology edit
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.
Verb edit
put in the pin (third-person singular simple present puts in the pin, present participle putting in the pin, simple past and past participle put in the pin)
References edit
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary