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Definition of Pinky
1. Noun. The finger farthest from the thumb.
Terms within: Musculus Abductor Digiti Minimi Manus
Generic synonyms: Minimus, Finger
Definition of Pinky
1. n. See 1st Pink.
Definition of Pinky
1. Adjective. Pinkish. ¹
2. Noun. (uncountable historical slang Australia) Methylated spirits mixed with red wine or Condy's crystals. ¹
3. Noun. A baby mouse, especially when used as food for a snake, etc. ¹
4. Noun. (offensive slang ethnic slur) A white person. ¹
5. Noun. The smallest finger or toe of a hand or foot. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pinky
1. pinkie [n PINKIES] - See also: pinkie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinky
Literary usage of Pinky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Nursery by Fanny P Seaverns, John L. Shorey (Firm (1871)
"But pinky would not give it up. She kept trying, till at last her paws ...
Josie thinks pinky would have drowned if they had not come home just as they did. ..."
2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"The word is Day11 eye, and the flower is so called because it closes its pinky
lashes and goes to sleep when the sun sets, but in the morning it expands it» ..."
3. An Arrangement of British Plants: According to the Latest Improvements of by William Withering (1830)
"Gills loose, yellow, two, three, or four in a set: pileus and stem pinky. Var.
5, Ag. aurantius. See page 234. (6) Gills grey. As. OVA'TCS. (Scop. ..."
4. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"band of white; the extremities of both mandibles are also white; irides scarlet;
eyelash and lores pinky scarlet; feet black. Genus CEREOPSIS, Latham. ..."
5. History of the Western Highlands and Isles of Scotland, from A.D. 1493 to A by Donald Gregory (1836)
"The necessity, after the disastrous result of the battle of pinky, of preventing
divisions among the Scots themselves, seems to have induced Arran, ..."
6. The History of the Western Highlands and Isles of Scotland, from A.D. 1493 by Donald Gregory (1881)
"The necessity, after the disastrous result of the battle of pinky, of preventing
divisions among the Scots themselves, seems to have induced Arran, ..."
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