Prink vs Trink - What's the difference?
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As nouns the difference between prink and trink is that prink is the act of adjusting dress or appearance; a sprucing up while trink is (obsolete) a kind of fishing net. As a verb prink is (obsolete|or|dialectal) to give a wink; to wink or prink can be to look, gaze.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
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
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trink English
Noun
( en noun)
(obsolete) A kind of fishing net.
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