prink

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"I'll give you fifteen minutes to prink up in," the Doctor told them; and away they scampered, Polly halting by David's cot long enough to wish he "were going too."

From Polly of the Hospital Staff by Dowd, Emma C.

She'd stand and prink, and fix her hair Around her forehead with great care; And take some time to tie a bow That must, to please her, lie just so.

From Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by Cole, E. W. (Edward William)

You don’t know how to prink, do you?”

From Flaming June by Gilbert, A.

Then I am going back to the hotel for an hour's rest and to prink, and afterwards into the Sporting Club at four o'clock.

From Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo by Grefé, Will

About midway up one of the towers, his statue appears in a niche, where pigeons strut and prink their feathers, undisturbed.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)