prink

Example Sentences

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

From Frontier Stories by Harte, Bret

They accepted with pleasure and withdrew to prink.

From The Campfire Girls on Ellen's Isle The Trail of the Seven Cedars by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)

Doña Ximena had her daughters ready to receive them in full noble garments, for since midnight they had done nothing but prink and prank themselves.

From Chronicle of the Cid by Southey, Robert

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 sable for heroes.

From Old and New Masters by Lynd, Robert