noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Decoration by adding holes or scalloping.

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

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of pink form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

preignitionpreignition

Example

More examples

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

Related phrases

pinking ironpinking shears

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