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单词 inky-pinky
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inky-pinkyn.

Brit. /ˈɪŋkɪpɪŋki/, U.S. /ˈɪŋkiˌpɪŋki/, Scottish English /ˈɪŋkɪpɪŋkɪ/
Forms: Also inkie-pinkie, inker-pinker, etc.
Etymology: Etymology obscure; see Sc. National Dict.
Scottish.
Small beer. The word occurs in versions of the Halloween play Galatians; see E. K. Chambers, Eng. Folk-play (1933), 55. There are other senses and forms, on which see the Sc. National Dict.
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1835 J. 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.
1842 R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes Scotl. (new ed.) 69/2 I have a little bottle of inker-pinker in my pocket.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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