pinky-swear

present singular third person pinky-swears · participle present pinky-swearing · past pinky-swore · participle past pinky-sworn

1. alternativeAlternative form of pinky swear.

   Separating to go back to their friends, they pinky-swore they wouldn’t be strangers the next day.

   2024 August 30, Kaitlin Menza, “Sparks Fly Between Two Happy Campers at an Alumni Weekend”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2024

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   Christian can’t live without Anastasia and lures her back, promising he will no longer get off on the “rough” sex they’ve previously had. […] She makes him pinky-swear—OK, not literally—and the two proceed to reignite their relationship, lukewarmly this time.

   2017 February 9, Stephanie Zacharek, “Fifty Shades Darker Review: Sequel Seeks a Sadist's Cuddlebunny Center”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2017

   Oh Jon. How trusting of you to believe your sisters would pinky-swear and keep a Seven Kingdoms-changing secret to themselves.

   2019 May 6, Shilpa Ganatra, “Dracarys! Is madness about to reign in Game of Thrones?”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 May 2019