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

I felt inclined to prink in the 94 golden mirror, after the manner of Susie, and exclaim: “Oh, do not say that, Amelia!”

From The Mistress of Shenstone by Barclay, Florence L. (Florence Louisa)

What I have to endure, V., waiting while you prink, no tongue can tell.

From Peggy by Barry, Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze)

Come, I will show you now my newest hat, And you may watch me purse my mouth and prink.

From American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany by Various

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