prink
verb (used with object)
to dress, groom, or decorate (someone or something) in a careful and showy manner.
were prinking
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past progressiveof prink.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Peter had not heard Mrs. Bohlmann say to her husband the evening before, as they were prinking for dinner: "Have you told Mr. Stirling about your law business?"
From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Paul Leicester Ford
How superior he looked when we were prinking, Ruth!
From The Fortunes of the Farrells by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
