† rose-pinkv.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To apply rose pink (rose pink n. 1) as stage make-up.
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1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 208 ‘Where's that bloody officer?’ ‘Here!’ replies the officer, who has been rose-pinking for the character.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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