prink

Example Sentences

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And you, Rizzio, who on your wedding-day, Mid rites of Venus And revels to Apollo, Wear pagan robes—and prink others in them— Rizzio.

From Porzia by Rice, Cale Young

He will prink; and he will be at his best after sunset.

From Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes by Cabell, James Branch

"Law now, mother," said the Captain, "gals must prink afore such times; it's as natural as for hens to dress their feathers afore a thunder-storm."

From The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

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

And Polly ran into her own room, to prink also, fearing that her friend might be ashamed of her plain costume.

From An Old-Fashioned Girl by Alcott, Louisa May