pinko

Example Sentences

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It's a classic scare tactic, that your hard-earned dollars are being spent to turn your kids into pinkos.

From Salon

His comments on issues like fighting in hockey, female sports reporters in dressing rooms, French-Canadians and "pinkos" that "ride bicycles and everything" have frequently landed him in hot water.

From BBC

It’s a curious sentiment for her to feel like she should be doing more, considering her activist history eclipses pretty much the entirety of Hollywood’s, but it’s a genuinely heart-warming notion from our pinko grandmother.

From The Guardian

“I got free pinko ice cream, but it’s blue,” he growled to his pals.

From Washington Post

“One, there was never any ambiguity about the politics of the paper. It was, from its infancy, what longtime Voice photo editor and photographer Fred W. McDarrah famously called a ‘commie, hippie, pinko rag.’

From Salon