单词 | pinker |
释义 | pinkern. 1. A person who stabs someone; a duellist. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > knife or sword pinker?c1562 stabber1589 ?c1562 Maner of World 113 So many pinkers..Sawe I neuer. 1829 Collegians I. vi. 117 Fireball Creagh, a great sweater and pinker—a notorious duellist. 1902–11 W. S. Gilbert Fallen Fairies i. 192 Didst thou watch, with sorrow sobbing, Liar lying, robber robbing, Drinker drinking, gorger gorging, Pinker pinking? 2. A person who or (occasionally) thing which cuts or punches designs in cloth, leather, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > cutting, stamping, or pinking > one who pinker1598 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A slicer, a cutter, a pinker or iagger. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Eschiffeur, a Cutter or Pinker. 1727 A. Boyer Dictionaire Royal (new ed.) I Decoupeur.., pinker, one that Figures Cloth or Stuff. 1742 tr. C. P. J. de Crébillon Sopha I. Introd. p. vi He was looked on as the ablest Pinker in the Kingdom. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Pinker, one who stabs or cuts out flounces and borders, &c. with a machine, for ladies' dresses. 1863 V. Penny Employments of Women 494 (table) Pinkers of Shawls and Woven Goods. 2003 St. John's (Newfoundland) Telegram (Nexis) 27 Jan. b2 I also use my pinking shears for trimming outside curves that need to be notched. The pinker acts as a notching device around the curve. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). pinkerv. rare. English regional (west midlands) in later use. intransitive. To peer with half-shut eyes; to squint. Cf. pink v.2 1. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > peer toot?c1225 porec1300 pirea1393 peer1580 pink1587 under-peer1589 blink1600 to look wormsc1600 squinny1608 pee1673 pore1706 pinker1754 styme1808 speer1866 squint1891 quiz1906 skeeze1922 ?1720 tr. F. G. de Quevedo y Villegas Visions v. 66 This set the Widow a Pinkering and Simpering, like frumenty Kettle.] 1754 World 18 Apr. 351 They cannot even see with their eyes, but at most pinker through the lashes of them. 1903 H. Kingsford in Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. (at cited word) [S. Worcs.] Why do you go pinkering about in this bad light? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1562v.1754 |
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