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pantin^¹

noun pantins

A jumping jack (toy) About 1750 the pantins were made in five parts, the body and head, the two arms and the two legs. They were engraved on sheets of paper or card and could be cut out at home or bought ready cut and coloured. Later on they were printed by lithography.

Pantin^²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French Pantin.

proper noun

A commune in Seine-Saint-Denis department, Île-de-France, France.

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name commune in Île-de-France

한국어	팡탱 Pangtaeng
日本語	パンタン Pantan
Français	Pantin
Ελληνικά	Παντέν Pantén
العربية	بانتان bāntān

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"pantin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pantin. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{pantin_2026,
  title = {pantin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pantin},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}