Pinky


[ping-kee] /ˈpɪŋ ki/

noun, plural pinkies.
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[ping-kee] /ˈpɪŋ ki/
noun, plural pinkies.
1.
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[ping-kee] /ˈpɪŋ ki/
noun, Informal.
1.
the little finger.
/ˈpɪŋkɪ/
noun (pl) -ies
1.
(Scot & US, Canadian) the little finger
adj.

“pinkish,” late 18c., from pink (n.) + -y (2).
n.

“the little finger,” 1808, in Scottish, from Dutch pinkje, diminutive of pink “little finger,” of uncertain origin.

pinkie pink·ie or pink·y (pĭng’kē)
n.
The little finger.

modifier

: pinky ring

noun

The little finger: Pardon my lifted pinky (1860+)

Related Terms

play stinky-pinky

[fr an earlier adjective sense, ”small, tiny”]

noun

(also Pink) Nickname for a red-headed person (1930s+)

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  • Pinky-crooker

    noun A person of affectedly refined tastes and manners: You’ll find only the pinky-crookers at the concerts (1970s+)

  • Pinky-ringed

    adjective Wearing a ring on the little finger, taken as an indication of raffishness or criminality: A bespectacled, pinky-ringed chain-smoker, he used lingo straight out of Damon Runyon (1980s+)

  • Pin-mark

    noun 1. the circular indentation on the upper part of a type body, made by the pin that ejects the type from the caster.


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