pinkie

¹ American  

[ping-kee] / ˈpɪŋ ki /

Or pinky

noun

Informal.

1. the little finger.

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pinkie ² American  

[ping-kee] / ˈpɪŋ ki /

noun

Australian Informal.

1. inferior or cheap wine, especially red wine.

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pinkie British  

/ ˈpɪŋkɪ /

noun

1. the little finger

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Etymology

Origin of pinkie¹

1585–95; < Dutch pinkie, dialectal variant of pinkje, diminutive of pink little finger

Origin of pinkie²

First recorded in 1895–1900; pink ¹ + -ie

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Example Sentences

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pinkie

Working inside a refrigerated metal chamber, she carefully adjusts a mounted tumor, roughly the size of a pinkie fingernail, toward a sharp cutting blade.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

He opens “Digger” lounging in a bed soaked with cat pee, tempting an elderly feline named Maggie to lick wet chow from his gnarled pinkie nail.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

The skin on both heels and a patch below my right pinkie had worn away, leaving behind angry pink abrasions.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

Now, many hitters hold the bat with their bottom hand completely wrapped around the knob, sometimes with their pinkie off the bat entirely.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026

Tori waved her pinkie at them as she brought the phone back to her ear and closed the door.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

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