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
So it was settled—and together in the sitting-room where Mrs. Pinking made them a little lunch again they debated the immediate future.
From Once Aboard the Lugger by Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)
I must fix it up with Mrs. Pinking.
From Once Aboard the Lugger by Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)
Pinking up the glow of youth to beat Billie Burke.
From Michael O'Halloran by Stratton-Porter, Gene
