pinking

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noun

Decoration by adding holes or scalloping.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of pink
nounpinking (plural pinkings)

plural pinkings

  1. Decoration by adding holes or scalloping.

    These rufflings, and pinkings, and patchings, will only make us hated by all the wives of our neighbours.

    1766, Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
preignition

Translations

Turkish oya
  • oyadecoration by adding holes or scalloping

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

kingpin
Cite this entry
APA

pinking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinking

MLA

“pinking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinking. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pinking,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinking.

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