| Back | pignus /PIG-nuhs/ plural pignora |
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| Front | noun 1. A pledge. 2. Something held as security for a debt. [From Latin pignus (pledge).] "I hear a threat?" "You hear a pignus of your committal. No more." Anthony Burgess; A Dead Man in Deptford; Carroll & Graf; 1995. |
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