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Definition of Pinked
1. a. Pierced with small holes; worked in eyelets; scalloped on the edge.
Definition of Pinked
1. Verb. (past of pink) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pinked
1. pink [v] - See also: pink
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinked
Literary usage of Pinked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Clothing for Women; Selection, Design, Construction: A Practical Manual for by Laura Irene Baldt (1916)
"Seams of fine serge, broadcloth or smooth surface materials may be pinked on the
edges (Fig. 212). This may be done by hand. In shops a small machine is ..."
2. A New Dictionary of Quotations from the Greek, Latin, and Modern Languages (1869)
""If my feet/' says SANCHO, when he is about to quit his government, "are not
adorned with pinked shoes of Cordovan leather, they shall not want coarse ..."
3. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"pinked between the lacings, a very old term, from pinked, stabbed, still current
among ... pinked or skinned, to get (American cadet), to get reported. ..."
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