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pinkie

or pink·y

[ ping-kee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Informal.

pinkie

[ ping-kee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

, Australian Informal.

pinkie

/ ˈpɪŋkɪ /

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

Origin of pinkie¹

C19: from Dutch pinkje, diminutive of pink ¹; compare pinkeye

We would scratch the bottom of the chocolate with our thumbnails until we found a pinkie.

As I rub my left hand, I notice a small bruise around the knuckle of my pinkie finger.

Victor as he was at Pinkie Cleugh, Somerset was soon forced by famine to fall back from the wasted country.

"There's only a few of us regulars wise to this," whispered Pinkie.

"I got to have me bit of coke," Pinkie answered, with a shrug of his shoulders.

"It was about an hour ago," resumed Pinkie Bonn with undisturbed complacency.

Pinkie Bonn and the Pug might be as late as that; but, equally, they might be earlier!

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