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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pin Pin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinned; p. pr. & vb. n. Pinning.] [See Pin, n.] To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together. ``As if she would pin her to her heart.'' --Shak. To pin one's faith upon, to depend upon; to trust to.