pinkie swear

plural pinkie swears

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of pinky swear.

   Last time we saw the Governor (his cameo last week excluded) he was gunning down his own people and driving off to parts unknown. Now? It's all fist bumps and pinkie swears.

   2013 November 18, Patrick Kevin Day, “'Walking Dead' recap: The Governor gets a new lease on life”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Jan 2016

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   In its totality, the serial 'roid revelations over the past week have created suspicions that a system of wink-winks and pinkie swears among stars, management and agents has existed through the last minute of baseball's unpoliced steroid era.

   2005 February 15, Selena Roberts, “The Silent Treatment Is the Wrong Medicine”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 May 2015

   Even if you speak directly to your child’s face, and the child seems to be responding to you, do not assume the child has heard you. Timers, warning sticker charts, promises and pinkie swears: Nothing trumps the power of an iPad.

   2019 May 8, Meghan Leahy, “Getting an uncooperative 5-year-old from Point A to Point B”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 May 2019

present singular third person pinkie swears · participle present pinkie swearing · past pinkie swore · participle past pinkie sworn

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of pinky swear.

   Where are Atkins & Co. on this? Oh, they’re over in the executive bunker, pretending that when you pinkie swear a baseball buddy to keep your secret, he always does – no take-backs.

   2016 February 23, Cathal Kelly, “Kelly: Failed trade reveals lack of information control by Blue Jays brass”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2016

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   June’s emotional plea to Moira to find her balls again is heartbreaking. “You fuckin’ pinkie swore,” she almost spits at her when it becomes clear that Moira wants no part in any further rebellion.

   2017 July 23, Julia Raeside, “The Handmaid’s Tale recap: episode eight – this is not a drill”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2017

   Ms. Warren might not be bound for the presidency, but she has apparently lodged herself in an another powerful place: the female psyche. The countless little girls with whom she famously “pinkie swore” that women should run for president will remember.

   2020 March 6, Sarah Smarsh, “What Elizabeth Warren’s Exit Means to Women”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2020