stinky pinky

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noun

an oral word game in which one player provides a definition to which the others are to supply a rhyming phrase, as “a mighty nightie” for “a powerful pair of pajamas.”

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How to use stinky pinky in a sentence

Offers Ukraine aid package of… (twisting pinky finger in the corner of his mouth and grinning madly) …ONE BILLION DOLLARS.
PJ O’Rourke on Putin’s Crimea for Help|P. J. O’Rourke|March 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But, unbeknownst to the Italians, the men in the boat—identified as Ajesh “Pinky” Bink and Jelestine—were not pirates after all.
Italian Pirate-Fighting Marines On Trial|Barbie Latza Nadeau|February 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They were hired to write for the TV series Casper the Friendly Ghost, which led to writing for Pinky and the Brain.
‘Family Guy’ Star Alex Borstein Is Ready for Her HBO Close-Up|Marlow Stern|November 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In this cozy twosome, digitally pinky-linking, plot is beside the point.
‘50 Shades of Grey,’ a Self-Published E-Book, Is the Future of Publishing|Lizzie Skurnick|March 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST

I can see Thurston Romney III sticking his delicate pinky out of the trigger guard, asking his maid to iron his bullets.
Paul Begala: Huntsman Wins South Carolina Debate by Dropping Out|Paul Begala|January 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Leander asked Pinky Binn if he had eleven apples and multiplied them by five how many was they left.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
Carson went up-stairs and searched the closet until he found the pinky-yellow gown with the black velvet bows.
The White Shield|Myrtle Reed
He stood about five foot three in his pumps, had a nice pinky complexion, pretty wavy hair, and a curly mustache.
Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son|George Horace Lorimer
You as beautiful as the sun, moon and stars—and as stinky as seferal apothecary shops.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.)|Various
Pinky hops up on the bowsprit, and runs along to the fo'castle head, an' then I seen she was real.
Captain Scraggs|Peter B. Kyne