pinky-promise

present singular third person pinky-promises · participle present pinky-promising · participle past pinky-promised · past pinky-promised

1. alternativeAlternative form of pinky promise.

   Perhaps most important, our oldest son pinky-promised his best friend that we would be back in a year.

   2012 June 19, Craig Leisher, “Making the Most of a Year in the Woods”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Jun 2012

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   Then Trump spoke to the crown prince, who pinky-promised he had nothing to do with the 15 men identified by the Turkish media as belonging to a grisly hit-squad, which reportedly included an autopsy specialist carrying his own bone saw.

   2018 October 18, Richard Wolffe, “As Trump cozies up to Saudi Arabia, the rule of law collapses further”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Oct 2018

   These ancients believed Janus, by nature of his dual visages, looked backward at what had been and forward to the future. To honor him, they offered sacrifices and pinky-promised to be better-behaved in the year to come.

   2023 December 27, Reda Wigle, “Here’s the New Year’s resolution each zodiac sign should stick to”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Dec 2023