PINKERTON meaning: Private security and detective agency

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General (11 matching dictionaries)

Pinkerton: Merriam-Webster
Pinkerton: Collins English Dictionary
Pinkerton, pinkerton: Wordnik
Pinkerton: Wiktionary
Pinkerton: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
Pinkerton: Infoplease Dictionary
Pinkerton: Dictionary.com
Pinkerton: Online Etymology Dictionary
Pinkerton (album), Pinkerton (detective agency), Pinkerton (disambiguation), Pinkerton: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Pinkerton: Rhymezone
Pinkerton: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Pinkerton: Legal dictionary

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Pinkerton: Encyclopedia

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Pinkerton: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
pinkerton: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Pinkerton)

▸ noun: A habitational surname from Old English.
▸ noun: (dated, countable) An operative employed by the Pinkerton National Detective Agency founded by Allan Pinkerton (1819–1884).

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Allan Pinkerton, pinkerton detective, pinkerton agency, john pinkerton, james pinkerton, more...

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