Meaning of prink | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To look, gaze.
2. To pre-drink.
   UK, humorous
3. to give a wink; to wink.
   dialectal, obsolete
4. To dress finely, primp, preen, spruce up.
5. To strut, put on pompous airs, be pretentious.

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Examples

“[…] by the Mass: You’ll make⟳ excellent Wives, Cuckold your Husbands immoderately: You mind⟳ nothing but prinking your selves up.”

“She put⟳ it on, then floated round the room prinking things — the flowers, the ashtrays, Jack's whisky tray — making everything outside herself perfect because nothing inside herself was perfect in the least.”

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