Wordie: Pink: Comments

Comment by bilby, 22 days ago

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:11:06 +0000

"To pink - to stab or wound with a small sword; probably derived from the holes formerly cut in both men's and women's clothes, called pinking. Pink of the fashion: top of the mode. To pink and wink: frequently winking the eyes through a weakness in them."
- Francis Grose, 'The Vulgar Tongue'.

Comment by Asativum, 3 months ago

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:48:59 +0000

Or a kind of pacific salmon, also called a humpy, or humpies in Southeast Alaska.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:39:44 +0000

Indeed.

Comment by jennarenn, about 1 year ago

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 11:33:34 +0000

Or a musician.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:03:41 +0000

A sailing vessel with a sharply narrowed and rounded stern and an overhanging square transom, used during the 17th century.

That, or a color. ;->