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▪ I. pinker, n.|ˈpɪŋkə(r)| [f. pink v.1 + -er1.] One who pinks. a. One who stabs; a stabber.
a1529Skelton Mann. World 113 So many pinkers..Sawe I neuer. b. One who punches designs in cloth, leather, etc.
1598Florio, Tagliuzzatore, a slicer, a cutter, a pinker or iagger. 1611Cotgr., Eschiffeur, a Cutter or Pinker. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Pinker, one who stabs or cuts out flounces and borders, &c. with a machine, for ladies' dresses. ▪ II. pinker, v. dial.|ˈpɪŋkə(r)| [freq. of pink v.2: see -er5.] intr. To peer with half-shut eyes.
1754W. Whitehead in World No. 58 ⁋6 They cannot even see with their eyes, but at most pinker through the lashes of them. 1903Eng. Dial. Dict., Pinker, v. with about: to go about with half-shut eyes; to potter. (Worc.) |