prink

Example Sentences

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Only a few minutes would be needed, she declared, in which "to prink a bit."

From A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade by King, Charles

Many mourn; many think    It is not unattractive to prink Them in sables for heroes.

From Poems of the Past and the Present by Hardy, Thomas

The half-dozen old maids in upper circles who had long since given up hope began to prink and perk themselves into an amazing state of rejuvenation,—revival, you might say.

From Her Weight in Gold by McCutcheon, George Barr

Mabbee ye'll have to prink up a little now that we've got a gentleman contractor in the ship.

From By Shore and Sedge by Harte, Bret

When I descend Towards their brink I stand, and look, And stoop, and drink, And bathe my wings, And chink and prink.

From Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses by Hardy, Thomas