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Definition of Pinkishness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinkishness
Literary usage of Pinkishness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1840)
"... for two or three months, the eyes are nearly, but not quite well, a slight
pinkishness of the eye, and slight intolerance of light, alone remaining. ..."
2. The turmoil: A Novel by Booth Tarkington (1915)
"... cheeks there was a hint of something almost resembling a pinkishness; not
actual color, but undeniably its phantom. How largely this apparition may have ..."
3. Through the Buffer State: A Record of Recent Travels Through Borneo, Siam by John MacGregor (1896)
"... but of which I saw but little on this occasion, though I have often seen the
pinkishness alluded to among water-buffaloes in various parts. ..."
4. Nixola of Wall Street by Felix Grendon (1919)
"His cheeks reveled in a well-scrubbed pinkishness that reminded her of the youthful
dandies she had seen in fashionable restaurants and of the demure and ..."
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