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Prinks vs Pinks - What's the difference?

prinks | pinks |

As a verb prinks

is (prink).

As a noun pinks is

.

prinks

English

Verb

(head)
  • (prink)

    • prink

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . More at .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete, or, dialectal) to give a wink; to wink.

    • Etymology 2

    Perhaps alteration (due to primp) of , (etyl) and (etyl) prunk.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the act of adjusting dress or appearance; a sprucing up
  • * 2006 , Louisa May Alcott, Little Women :
    • [...] And does my hair look very bad?", said Meg, as she turned from the glass in Mrs. Gardiner's dressing room after a prolonged prink .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to look, gaze
  • to dress finely, primp, preen, spruce up
  • to strut, put on pompous airs, be pretentious
    • Synonyms
    * (l)

    pinks

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The plural of pink.
  • flowers in the family Caryophyllaceae, sometimes called carnations.
  • The traditional scarlet jacket(s) worn by fox-hunters in the United Kingdom.
    • Lets go and murder a fox, dear. Have you got your pinks ?

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