prink

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I used to refill with "prink" ink the cartridges of an old model of HP inkget.

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  1. transitive verb To adorn (oneself) in a showy manner.
  2. intransitive verb To dress or groom oneself with elaborate care or vanity; primp.

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  • Leslie's Words panorama curlicue remedy pause prink —  qarrtsiluni
  • I used to refill with "prink" ink the cartridges of an old model of HP inkget. —  LinuxQuestions.org
  • The printer died and the new HP Deskjet 4200 does not like the B&W cartridge (model 350) to be refilled with "prink" products. —  LinuxQuestions.org
  • But I found a super cute prink and green dress (before she was born) that she will be wearing day of. we are hoping for some super sweet shots of her being a ham. —  Weddingbee
  • It's ever so long since he went upstairs Dorry's an awful prink," remarked Phil, confidentially. —  What Katy Did at School
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  1. Probably alteration of prank2.

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  1. from Middle English *prinken, preynken; origin obscure.
  2. A weaker form of prank, to which it is related as clink to clank, etc.: see prank. Cf. prick, v., in like sense.
 

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