pink lady
/ˌpɪŋk ˈleɪdi/noun
1A cocktail usually consisting of gin, egg white, and grenadine.
2 Slang (originally and chiefly US ). A barbiturate. Usually in plural.
3 Informal ( US and Australian ). A female voluntary worker in a hospital.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in The Daily Northwestern. From pink + lady.
- line of argument
- line of battle
- line of communications
- line of credit
- line of fire
- line of flight
- line of force
- line of latitude
- line of longitude
- line of march
- line of scrimmage
- line of sight
- line of thought
- line of vision
- line one's pocket
- line one's stomach
- line out
- line printer
- liner
- -liner
- liner note
- line score
- lineside
- linesman
- line someone/thing up