Definition of Pinkey

1. a ship with a narrow overhanging stern [n -EYS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinkey

pink slips
pink snapper
pink snappers
pink spot
pink spots
pink ticket
pink wine
pinked
pinken
pinkened
pinkening
pinkens
pinker
pinkers
pinkest
pinkey (current term)
pinkeye
pinkeyes
pinkeys
pinkie
pinkier
pinkies
pinkiest
pinkify
pinking
pinking-shear
pinking shears
pinkings
pinkish
pinkishly

Literary usage of Pinkey

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1907)
"pinkey Perkins: Just a Boy By Captain Harold Hammond, USA Illustrated by George Varian HOW pinkey ATTAINED THE UNEXPECTED As is the case with all boys of ..."

2. The History of England: From the Earliest Period to 1839 by Thomas Keightley (1843)
"Invasion of Scot land, and Battle of pinkey.—Lord Seymour.—Joan Bocher.— Risings of the Peasantry. — Fall of Somerset. — Bonner and Gardiner.—The Lady Mary. ..."

3. The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution by David Hume, Tobias George Smollett (1825)
"... Assassination of cardinal Beaton — Conduct of the war with Scotland — Battle of pinkey — A parliament — Farther progress of the Reformation —Affairs of ..."

4. The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Abdication by David Hume (1856)
"About fifteen .hundred were taken prisoners. This action was called the battle of pinkey, from a nobleman's seat of that name in the neighborhood. ..."

5. The Hereditary Sheriffs of Galloway: Their "forebears" and Friends, Their by Andrew Agnew (1893)
"... XXI pinkey CLEUGH AD 1544 to 1547 " Fight on, my men," Sir Andrew said, " A little I'm hurt, but not yett slaine, I'll bot lye down and bleed awhile, ..."

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