prink

Example Sentences

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"Yew 'spect me tew go an' prink up fer a sudden death?" thundered Abraham.

From Old Lady Number 31 by Forsslund, Louise

About midway up one of the towers, his statue appears in a niche, where pigeons strut and prink their feathers, undisturbed.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

You heard the Postmaster was here and so you must prink and prim yourself in front of the mirror—look on this side and that side and all around.

From The Inspector-General by Seltzer, Thomas

"I suppose they all stopped to fuss and prink," said Nora, as she peered through the vines that screened the porch.

From Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School The Record of the Girl Chums in Work and Athletics by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]

"I'll give you fifteen minutes to prink up in," the Doctor told them; and away they scampered, Polly halting by David's cot long enough to wish he "were going too."

From Polly of the Hospital Staff by Dowd, Emma C.