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pinko

[ ping-koh ]
/ ˈpɪŋ koʊ /
Older Slang: Disparaging.
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noun, plural pink·os, pink·oes.

a person with left-wing, but not extreme, political opinions.
a person who leans toward communist ideology.

adjective

pink1(def 10).

Words related to pinko

comrade, sympathizer, red, Marxist, Commie, apparatchik, Socialist, Bolshevist, Trotskyite, Bolshevik, Maoist, Stalinist, Leninist

Words nearby pinko

pinkiang, pinkie, pinking iron, pinking shears, pinkish, pinko, pinkroot, pinkster, pinky, pinky bar, pinna

Origin of pinko

First recorded in 1935–40; pink1 + -o
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

British Dictionary definitions for pinko

pinko
/ (ˈpɪŋkəʊ) /

noun plural -os or -oes mainly US derogatory

a person regarded as mildly left-wing
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