hunting pink
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Theories that the phrase derived from a tailor called Pink appear to be folk-etymology. For further discussion see here.
Noun [edit]
hunting pink (plural hunting pinks)
- scarlet, as worn by fox-hunters
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- 2005, Don't imagine elegant British foxhounds and mounted hunters dressed in their “hunting pink”. South Georgia foxhunts were just a bit different, Paul says. — Paul B Dunn, A Stroll Through Fitzgerald (ThomasMax 2005, p. 42)
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- (in the plural) The traditional scarlet jacket and related attire worn by fox-hunters.
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- 1965, the open-fronted and unbuttonable surplices worn by Christ Church men in chapel were designed, tradition says, so that hunting pinks could not be concealed beneath them. — Jan Morris, Oxford (OUP 2001, p. 109)
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