pinker

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪŋkə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪŋkɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋkə(ɹ)

Adjective

pinker

1. comparative form of pink: more pink

Noun

pinker (plural pinkers)

1. One who pinks (in various senses).
   • 2000, Leigh David Benin, The New Labor Radicalism and New York City's Garment Industry, page 92:

     The job paid $65 a week. However, when she arrived for work, the employer informed her that she would also be required to do some pinking, and that she would be paid at the rate for pinkers, which was only $50 a week.

Translations

one who pinks

• Ottoman Turkish: اویاجی (oyacı)
• Turkish: oyacı (tr)

See also

• pinkers (pinking shears)

Anagrams

• Perkin, Pernik, perkin

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

pinker

1. comparative degree of pink

Adjective

pinker

1. inflection of pink:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

Limburgish

Noun

pinker m

1. (Heerlen, Waubach, cant) Veldeke spelling of Pingke̩r