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pinpointer en · NOUN

Etymology

From pinpoint + -er.

Meanings

1. One who or that which pinpoints.
2. A type of hand-held metal detector.
   • Detectorists may also carry headphones, a metal detecting shovel, hand tools such as a hori-hori (a serrated, steel hand shovel), a “finds pouch,” and a hand-held precision detector called a pinpointer. [2021 May 31, Alexandra Marvar, “The New Detectorists”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

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