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pinky

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pink⋅y

1  [ping-kee]
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–noun, plural pink⋅ies.
pink 3 .
Origin:
1830–40; < D pinkie, dial. var. of pinkje, dim. of pink pink 3

pink⋅y

2  [ping-kee]
–noun, plural pink⋅ies.
pinkie 1 .

pink

3  [pingk]
–noun
a vessel with a pink stern.
Also, pinky.
Compare pink stern.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME pinck < MD pinke fishing boat

pink⋅ie

1  [ping-kee]
–noun Informal.
the little finger.
Also, pinky.

Origin:
1585–95; < D pinkie, dial. var. of pinkje, dim. of pink little finger
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pink 3   (pĭngk)   
n.   pl. pinks also pink·ies Nautical
A small sailing vessel with a sharply narrowed stern and an overhanging transom.

[Middle English, from Middle Dutch pinke.]
pink·ie 1 also pink·y   (pĭng'kē)   
n.   pl. pink·ies Informal
The little finger.

[Probably from Dutch pinkje, diminutive of pink, little finger.]
pink·y 1   (pĭng'kē)   
n.  Variant of pinkie1.
pink·y 2   (pĭng'kē)   
n.  Variant of pink3.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
(little) pinkie

and (little) pinky
  1. n.
    the littlest finger on either hand. : Ouch! I smashed my pinky.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

pink  (v.)
c.1307, "pierce, stab, make holes in," perhaps from a Romanic stem *pinc- (cf. Fr. piquer, Sp. picar), from L. pungere "to pierce, prick." Mainly in pinking shears.

pinkie 
"the little finger," 1808, in Scottish, from Du. pinkje, dim. of pink "little finger," of uncertain origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

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

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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