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pinken

[ ping-kuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

Origin of pinken¹

First recorded in 1885–90; pink ¹ + -en ¹

It did finally, and with it, when the approaching sun began to pinken the eastern sky, sleep for my tormented sister.

This is where the fisherfolk live who go out in their stubby boats, called "pinken," to fish in the North Sea.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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