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)

Many mourn; many think It is not unattractive to prink Them in sable for heroes.

From Old and New Masters by Lynd, Robert

I must go home an' prink Elly Precious an' Carruthers.

From Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings by Donnell, Annie Hamilton

The half-dozen old maids in upper circles who had long since given up hope began to prink and perk themselves into an amazing state of rejuvenation,—revival, you might say.

From Her Weight in Gold by McCutcheon, George Barr