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pinkie
noun- the little finger UK, 1808
Originally Scottish, mostly among children, but now widespread. Also variant “pinky”. - Why, those little twerps at Webster- I can handle ‘em with my pinkie! — Max Shulman, Rally Round the Flag, Boys!, p. 48, 1957
- Krankeit took hold of the little finger and held it up. “Which is that?” “Pinky!” the patient said delightedly. — Terry Southern, Candy, p. 110, 1958
- Vicariousness institutionalized, dipping their pinkies in. — Clancy Sigal, Going Away, p. 72, 1961
- This kind of man can kill you with his pinky. — Apocalypse Now, 1979
- a white person, especially a male UK
Recorded in use by black teenagers. David Powis, The Signs of Crime, 1977, notes: “Originally an expression for a light-coloured Negro”. - By the time they leave school whites have become “pinky", “the grey man” or–less common–"Mr Charlie". — The Observer, 10 September 1967
- a pink-eyed albino UK
Also variant “pinky”. - — John Gloag, Unlawful Justice, 1962
- the vagina TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1986
- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
- a bruised eye US, 1970
- — Claudio R. Salvucci, The Philadelphia Dialect Dictionary, p. 52, 1996
- in Vancouver, a warning ticket CANADA
- Vancouver police last year started issuing “pinkies,” tickets that give motorists a gentle warning of infraction rather than require them to pay a fine. — Maclean’s, p. 39/1, 30 June 1962
- a racing greyhound that races best from the outside position AUSTRALIA
- — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 62, 1989
- in Newfoundland, cheap wine CANADA
- Pinkie [in St. John’s] is a cheap wine highly regarded by waterfront connoisseurs, a chaser for screech. — Maclean’s, p. 63/3, 27 September 1958
- an early model long-wheel base “110” Land Rover UK
Used by the British military. - We started roaring around in the new 110s with 50mm machine-guns dangling off the back that were replacing the old “pinkies". — Andy McNab (writing of the late 1970s/early 80s), Immediate Action, p. 192, 1995
- a £50 note UK, 2006
Apparently from the colour of the note, the highest value legal tender note in the UK. - He would go into a post office or bank with a wad of tens just so he could change them to pinkies. — Alex Wheatie, The Dirty South, p. 52, 2008
- a Pinkerton private guard US
- “How you suppose Pinkies get trainin’–in classrooms?” — Nelson Algren, The Man with the Golden Arm, p. 84, 1949
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