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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1604-1605, 1667
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Pink, Pinck, n.3 [Cf. Du. pink the little finger, e.m.E. pink (eye) or pink nye, pinckeny a small eye, also as a term of endearment. Also in sense b in the mod. dial.] a. A small creature. b. A small thing; a fragment. — a1605 Montg. Flyt. 119 (H).
On such as thy sell, littill pratling pink [T. prink] Could thow not warre ink, thy tratling to tell? 1667 Edinburgh Testaments LXXIII.105 b.
Certane broken timber consisting of knappell pincks & some few barrellis
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