To Pink (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

To Pink

To stab or wound with a small sword: probably derived from the holes formerly cut in both men and women’s clothes, called pinking. Pink of the fashion; the top of the mode. To pink and wink; frequently winking the eyes through a weakness in them.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

Pinchers * Pinking-dindee

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes

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