pinking

English

Verb

pinking

1. present participle and gerund of pink

Noun

pinking (plural pinkings)

1. Decoration by adding holes or scalloping.
   • 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield:

     These rufflings, and pinkings, and patchings, will only make us hated by all the wives of our neighbours.

Derived terms

• pinking iron
• pinking shears

 

Translations

decoration by adding holes or scalloping

• Ottoman Turkish: اویا (oya)
• Turkish: oya

Anagrams

• kingpin, pink gin