pinky
/ˈpɪŋki
/noun (plural pinkies) informal
1 (also pinky) The little finger: bring the thumb and pinkie up until they are upright [as modifier]: you’re skinnier than my pinky finger!...
- She chewed grimly on the fingernail of her little pinkie, narrowing her eyebrows in frustration.
- On a normal keyboard, the resting position for my left hand has my pinkie and ring finger touching the side of the keyboard.
- The nails on her pinkie and index finger were crushed.
2US derogatory A term used by black people for a white person.
3The maggot of the greenbottle fly, used as fishing bait.
4 [mass noun] Australian dated Cheap or home-made wine.
Origin
Early 19th century: sense 1 partly from Dutch pinkje 'the little finger', reinforced by pink1.