pantin
English
editNoun
editpantin (plural pantins)
- A jumping jack (toy)
- 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 157:
- About 1750 the pantins were made in five parts, the body and head, the two arms and the two legs. They were engraved on sheets of paper or card and could be cut out at home or bought ready cut and coloured. Later on they were printed by lithography.
Finnish
editNoun
editpantin
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editFrench
editEtymology
editAlteration of Middle French pantine, from pan (“piece of fabric”) + suffix -ine.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpantin m (plural pantins)
Further reading
edit- “pantin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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