pinking
- present participle of pink.
Example Sentences
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In one of the stories, The Pinking Shears, the character is a spirited little girl called Jean Louie who gives a friend a haircut and faces the wrath of the child's father.
From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025
Rainmakers make way Cherry blossoms spin midair Pinking steel gray suits.
From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2016
I must fix it up with Mrs. Pinking.
From Once Aboard the Lugger by Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)
"Miss Humfray will have these rooms again, Mrs. Pinking, if you will be so kind; and I—" He checked.
From Once Aboard the Lugger by Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)
Mrs. Pinking gave him good night; busied herself with the tea-things.
From Once Aboard the Lugger by Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)
