pinking

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  1. The operation or process of punching a decorative pattern of scallops and small holes or eyes along the margin of silk and other fabrics used for dress or upholstery. Also called pouncing.

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  • It is a species of fratricide with me, for I never can help cutting, slashing, pinking, and carbonadoing—a most unnatural office for one of the brotherhood, one who presumes to enrol himself among those whom he conspires with the Jeffreys and Jerdans to mangle and destroy. —  Life and Remains of John Clare
  • Silently I pushed back the covers, rolled across the bed to the night table on my left and reached through the blackness for the pinking stars I had left there after my game with Torsten. —  FSF,August2005
  • The organza tended to fray a little so I trimmed off the ends with my pinking sheers. —  Blisstree
  • She let me use her prized Gingher pinking shears to cut the pattern out, took me up to the sewing machine and helped me get started. —  Gorgeous Fabrics' Blog
  • The sun is scorching the back of my neck, and my pale Irish-stock skin is pinking rapidly. —  The Walrus Magazine
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