pinking

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pinking

  1. present participle and gerund of pink

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pinking (plural pinkings)

  1. Decoration by adding holes or scalloping.
    • 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield:
      These rufflings, and pinkings, and patchings, will only make us hated by all the wives of our neighbours.

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