Make a note of that.
1836. Why does money become scarce? Because the bankers cannot discount, says the merchant. Stick a pin there.—Phila. Public Ledger, Nov. 1.
1842. Heading of an advt., “Stick a pin there.”—Phila. Spirit of the Times, April 16.
1843. Stick a pin there, and consider.—Nauvoo Neighbor, July 12.
1850. I wish to be honorable. Tie a knot there!… Then I brand you … for a cheat, a brute, and a coward;—put a pin in there! I cannot blacken you,—you are too black already; I should only like to have you see how black you are;—put a spike in there!—S. Judd, ‘Richard Edney,’ pp. 100, 103–4.
1861. Mr. Bell will not be chosen as one of Mr. Lincoln’s cabinet. Let the guessers stick a pin there.—Oregon Argus, Jan. 19.
1861. Name for name, there are two of the Norman in New-England for one in the South. Stick a pin there—not that it ’s of any account, but the Chivalry insist on it.—Knick. Mag., lviii. 266 (Sept.).
