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inky-pinky Sc.|ˈɪŋkɪˈpɪŋkɪ|
Also inkie-pinkie, inker-pinker, etc.
[Etym. obscure; see Sc. Nat. Dict.]
Small beer.
The word occurs in versions of the Hallowe'en play Galatians; see E. K. Chambers, English Folk-Play (1933), 55. There are other senses and forms, on which see the Sc. Nat. Dict.
1835J. Maidment Galatians 4 Inky Pinky about seventy or eighty years since was used by the brewers in Stirlingshire to designate the smallest kind of beer. 1842R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes Scotl. 69/2, I have a little bottle of inker-pinker in my pocket. |