释义 |
pinkeen Anglo-Irish.|pɪŋˈkiːn| [f. pink n.2 + -een, Ir. -ín, dim. suffix.] A little minnow; fig. a very diminutive or insignificant person.
1831S. Lover Leg. Irel. iv. 39 I'll turn you into a pinkeen. 1892J. Barlow Irish Idylls 169 Fishing for pinkeens along by the river. 1892E. Lawless Grania II. iii. vi. 89 Just a poor little pinkeen of a fellow. |