pinko
Americannoun
plural
pinkos, pinkoes-
a person with left-wing, but not extreme, political opinions.
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a person who leans toward communist ideology.
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of pinko
Example Sentences
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It’s a curious sentiment for her to feel like she should be doing more, considering her activist history eclipses pretty much the entirety of Hollywood’s, but it’s a genuinely heart-warming notion from our pinko grandmother.
From The Guardian • Nov. 1, 2019
Mr. Navasky is the former editor and publisher of The Nation, the venerable journal of the left that Calvin Trillin has warmly referred to as “a pinko magazine printed on very cheap paper.”
From New York Times • May 23, 2013
It was left to Baden-Powell to shake off these pinko associations, give the movement a bit of military backbone, and extend the hand of international friendship to the Hitler Youth Movement.
From The Guardian • Jul. 6, 2011
Last year Hollywood smacked its lips over a pleasant, tuneful, mildly pinko revue called Meet the People that eventually made its way to Broadway.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two years ago, Banker Wertheim bought for his Civic Aid Foundation Oswald Garrison Villard's famed old pinko weekly, The Nation, which was editorially strong at 70 but financially feeble.
From Time Magazine Archive
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