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prink

  [pringk]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to deck or dress for show.
–verb (used without object)
2. to deck oneself out.
3. to fuss over one's dress, esp. before the mirror.
Origin:
1570–80; appar. akin to prank 2

Related forms:
prinker, noun
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prink   (prĭngk)   
v.   prinked, prink·ing, prinks

v.   tr.
To adorn (oneself) in a showy manner.
v.   intr.
To dress or groom oneself with elaborate care or vanity; primp.

[Probably alteration of prank2.]
prink'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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