Sep 1, 2018 00:23
5 yrs ago
English term

reflexed pin

English Art/Literary Other
‘Last year the combined workshops (or “pinneries”) of Ankh-Morpork turned out twenty seven million, eight hundred and eighty thousand,nine hundred and seventy-eight pins,’ said Stanley, staring into a pin-filled private universe. ‘That includes wax-headed, steels, brassers, silver-headed (and full silver), extra large, machine- and handmade, *reflexed* and novelty, but not lapel pins which should not be grouped with the true pins at all since they are technically known as “sports” or “blazons”, sir—’
--quoted from Going Postal (2004, fantasy fiction) by Terry Pratchett (link: https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=“reflexed and novelt...

Stanley is a pin collect. What is "reflexed (pin)"?
Thank you!

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bent or turned back

Not sure if these exist in real life, but this is Terry Pratchett after all.
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/reflexed
Peer comment(s):

agree Jack Doughty : I doubt if it's worth looking up strange words from Terry Pratchett, any more than in Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky",
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Exactly! Thanks.
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