pinkie

little pinkie

One's pinky finger, the smallest finger on one's hand. My grandmother always wore a huge ruby on her little pinkie. The poor thing slammed the car door on his little pinkie.
See also: little, pinkie

pinkie (finger)

The fifth finger on one's hand, opposite the thumb. I caught my pinkie in the car door—I think it might be broken! She wears a ring on her pinkie finger that reminds her of her mother.
See also: pinkie
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

(little) pinkie

and (little) pinky
n. the littlest finger on either hand. Ouch! I smashed my pinky.
See also: little, pinkie

pinkie

verb
See little pinkie
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • pinkie (finger)
  • pinky
  • little pinkie
  • little pinky
  • pinky (finger)
  • point at
  • give (one) the finger
  • give somebody the finger
  • give someone the finger
  • give the finger
References in periodicals archive
In the poisoned relationship between Pinkie and Rose, there is one of the best accounts ever of what it is like to be 16 and 17 years old in a terrible, violent, adolescence."
Fresh adaptation brings seaside gangsters to stage; A play about teenage knife crime sounds horribly topical but Brighton Rock dates from the 1930s. DAVID WHETSTONE previews a production coming our way
Those who want to get in touch with Pinkie can call her at 0919-4484820.
Metrobriefs
Another straightened out gangster, who goes by the alias "Tanaka," has three fingers missing because of his involvement with the gang, both pinkies and his left ring finger.
Badfinger: Former Japanese Yakuza Gangsters Get Chance At New Life Through Prosthetics [VIDEO]
Ida (Helen Mirren) is a waitress in the novel but a manager of waitresses in the film, and dedicates herself to punishing Pinkie for the murder.
'Brighton Rock' remake takes on Greene's study of evil
Rose's boss, Ida (Helen Mirren), sees Pinkie as the dangerous character he is and enlists the help of an old friend Phil Corkery (John Hurt) to try and intervene between the fated lovers.
Brighton rock: a dark and compelling drama of gang wars and social politics set in the 1960s, based on Graham Greene's 1939 novel of the same name
It's hard to imagine Rose (a damp dishcloth) falling for someone as irredeemably detestable as Pinkie, while the dialogue sounds artificial and stilted.
MODS AND SHOCKERS; MOVIES
Pinkie and Scobie sin when they fail to trust the paschal mystery and reject God's grace out of despair, but Greene's novels reveal that the experience of despair is very real and cannot be alleviated by eschatological hope.
Graham Greene and Christian despair: tragic aesthetics in Brighton Rock and the Heart of the Matter
to a minor bout of leprosy, unlike the pinkie which is the heart of
Pinkie
Pinkie was my beloved friend and colleague for twenty-three years.
In memoriam Pinkie Gordon Lane
Miss Pinkie won two of her three other races that year, giving 8lb and a half-length beating to the Queen's Dunfermline, who went on to win the Oaks and the St Leger the following season.
Down the Years
DELIGHTED: Natasha Ward from Warwick is thrilled with her rocking horse present, which she has named Pinkie
Natasha is in the pink over dream present
In a study presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, 30 young adults spent 15 minutes daily over 12 weeks imagining using one of two muscles: the abductor digiti minimi in their pinkie fingers, or the elbow flexor muscle.
Mental calisthenics. (Indications)
Euonymus hamiltonianus Miss Pinkie is an erect tree, supplied well-grown at 1.5 metres (5ft) tall with a stem 1 metre or so (3ft-4ft) long - a size that's easily manageable in any situation.
A mini colourful wonder for small gardens
Before Act II of La Bayadere, the dancers stand in a circle and interlock pinkie fingers.
PRE-SHOW RITUALS EASE DANCER JITTERS
They must align their hands pinkie to pinkie and field the ball with both hands.
No-frill infield defense