Pinkster

or Pinx·ter

[ pingk-ster ]

noun

, Hudson Valley: Older Use.

1. Whitsuntide.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Pinkster¹

1790–1800, Americanism; < Dutch Pinksteren ≪ Greek pentēkostḗ Pentecost

Example Sentences

Pinkster Flower--It shows its pink flowers in rocky woods and thickets during spring.

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It will be time enough for Pinkster, two or three hours hence, if a Christian ought even to look at such vanities.

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Easter came early this year, and to-morrow will be the first day of the Pinkster holidays.

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There was nothing new in a Pinkster frolic, either to Dirck, or to myself; though Jason gazed at the whole procedure with wonder.

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He was born within seventy miles of that very spot, but had not the smallest notion before, of such a holiday as Pinkster.

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