prink
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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 George Barr McCutcheon
Scant time was given to the godmothers to change their shoes, skirts, and stockings, and to prink.
From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Jane Addams
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 Robert Southey
I came in here just to remind you to begin to prink before dinner or you’d never be ready.”
From The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies How They Met, What Happened, and How It Ended by Grace Brooks Hill
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 Charles King
He prinks in his violet robe of fine woven silk.
From The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres by Eugène Sue
Pride prinks her brow for the deil to pouse.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
Five insets adorned the board, four containing tin-types of handsome human females coifed and prinked as was the fashion 35 years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
Police looked for a clean, well-lighted bauble prinked with 41 diamonds, 113 pearls.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week artistic Manhattan primped and prinked for a distinguished guest.
From Time Magazine Archive
Charity nodded and prinked a little and went down-stairs into Jim's arms.
From We Can't Have Everything by Rupert Hughes
Was there time to make herself look otherwise, and who was there to be pleased when she was all prinked out?
From McTeague by Frank Norris
Bolt's scenario preserves the prinking wit and rolling eloquence of the play, but the plot has been smoothed and straightened in its passage through the projector.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Jersey City, painters and carpenters swarmed about inside a great pinewood saucer, patching, prinking and tidying.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like Greene, Moore writes both serious works of art and prinking entertainments.
From Time Magazine Archive
Heyday, brave prinking this! the fine young blood!
From Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe by Charles Timothy Brooks
Agatha, recovering from her remorse by this time, helped Phillida to do a little hurried prinking.
From The Faith Doctor A Story of New York by Edward Eggleston
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