pinkie

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Dutch pinkje (literally “little finger”), which in the Holland dialects takes the form pinkie.

283, 289; dinner at Pinkie, 118; "Roman" antiquities, 119. — The Journal of Sir Walter Scott: From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford, Walter Scott
The Bow Street runner, Mr. Wicks, and the red-nosed petty constable of the hundred, who answered to the name of Pinkie Yates, were of the party. — The Yeoman Adventurer, George W. Gough
[391] They passed Pinkie, where the Protector Somerset’s soldiers had made such a savage massacre of the routed Scotch; and Carberry Hill, where Mary took her last farewell of Bothwell as she gave herself up to the Scottish lords. — Footsteps of Dr. Johnson (Scotland), George Birkbeck Norman Hill

little finger, pinky

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