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Pinter

pin·ter

UK/ˈpɪntəɹ/ US/ˈpɪntɚ/ rare slang uk

noun

1.

English dramatist whose plays are characterized by silences and the use of inaction (born in 1930)

Origin

From Hungarian Pintér, from pintér (“cooper”), from Bavarian binder and German Binder.

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