Definitions for Pinkerton
ˈpɪŋ kər tənpinker·ton

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1. Pinkertonnoun

   for someone from a place of that name near Dunbar.

2. Pinkertonnoun

   An operative employed by the Pinkerton National Detective Agency founded by Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884).

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1. Pinkerton

   Pinkerton is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Weezer, released on September 24, 1996 on DGC Records. After discarding initial plans for a space-themed rock opera entitled Songs from the Black Hole, the group recorded Pinkerton in between vocalist/guitarist Rivers Cuomo's stints at Harvard University. Much of the album was written by Cuomo while he was away at school. To assist in capturing the group's live sound, Weezer decided against hiring a producer for Pinkerton. The record used a darker, more abrasive sound in comparison to the band's debut album, Weezer, with themes drawn from Cuomo's disillusionment with the rock lifestyle. Pinkerton is named after the character B.F. Pinkerton from Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly, and the album plays as a concept album based loosely around the opera. Like the opera, the record contains many references to Japan and Japanese culture. Pinkerton debuted at number 19 on the Billboard 200 and fell far short of sales expectations after the success of the band's debut, Weezer. The record spawned three singles, two of which were released in an attempt to save the album commercially: "El Scorcho", "The Good Life" and "Pink Triangle". Despite receiving negative reviews from critics upon its release, the album went on to achieve cult status and wide acclaim years after its release; the 2010 "Deluxe Edition" reissue holds a perfect score on aggregate review website Metacritic. It was the last Weezer album to feature bassist Matt Sharp.

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1. PINKERTON

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pinkerton is ranked #4195 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Pinkerton surname appeared 8,446 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Pinkerton.
   
   90.9% or 7,685 total occurrences were White.
   3.3% or 286 total occurrences were Black.
   2% or 172 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.8% or 153 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.9% or 81 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.8% or 69 total occurrences were Asian.

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Pinkerton in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Pinkerton in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Pinkerton in a Sentence

1. Chris Jackson/Getty Images Harry:

   It had been a very bad idea. I ’d had plenty of bad ideas in my twenty-three years, but this one was uniquely ill-conceived. I ’d told Chris Jackson/Getty Images Harry that I wanted closure, but I did n’t really. Deep down, I ’d hoped to feel in that tunnel what I ’d felt when JLP [ Jamie Lowther Pinkerton, former private secretary to Chris Jackson/Getty Images Harry and Prince William ] gave me the police files — disbelief. Doubt. Instead, that was the night all doubt fell away, i ’d thought driving the tunnel would bring an end, or brief cessation, to the pain, the decade of unrelenting pain. Instead, it brought on the start of Pain, Part Deux.

2. Doug Richards:

   Matt was doing everything he was supposed to do and everything he was trained to do, even if he didn't carry the special Denver security license, it didn't stop Pinkerton from sending Matt into that job and it doesn't change the fact that Matt was acting in self-defense.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pinkerton
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Pinkerton
3. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html