Finger that might be raised affectedly at teatime

Usage examples of pinky.

They were belated revellers, and had been carelessly strolling under the pinky cloudlets bedward, after a prolonged carousal with the sons and daughters of hilarious nations, until the apparition of Virgin Luck on the wing shocked all prospect of a dead fight with the tables that day.

Nor was my own pleasure any less than theirs, for we had suffered no damage whatever in the encounter, and the Lively Lady had outsailed her bulky antagonist as readily as my little dog Pinky runs in circles around a cow.

This was apparently something in the way of a ruffianly toast, for the six scalawags raised their teacups in unison, pinkies politely extended like so many small logs, and slurped noisily.

With heavy eyes, and a weary heart, Jessica watched Tanna play with Sarah Elizabeth, watched as she extended her pinky finger to her.

Pinky Carson went upstairs to the bakeshop while they were being boxed to check up on them.

I left it to her to send my dunnage by Jeddy and Tommy Bickford on the morning stagecoach, after which I said good-bye to her and Sarah and aunt Cynthy and set out to walk the twenty-six miles to Portland, Nathan going with me for company, and Pinky sticking his nose in every stump along the road and Iluttering his tail with delight at being off once more.

Swiss frontier, it was scar-faced Pinky who managed to get a chance to whisper to Birmingham Jones.

Young Tod Smith was riding in the trailing car, with Pinky, Birmingham Jones and Long Tom.

Later, they passed the junction where Sandy Gower, Birmingham Jones and Pinky had run out on them.

There seemed to be an upward twist to his eyebrows and ears and hair, and a downward twist to his mouth, so that there was a fiavor of old Diavolo about him that would have set me to growling like Pinky if I had been given to growling, even if the gentleman had not had a mislikable air of having listened to what we were saying.

The interesting thing was how Rachel, Laura, Pinky, Janie, Marion, all of them cooed over Harriet when Miss Elson was watching.

Pinky and Sport were scrubbing away, one on each leg, as Miss Elson tried to squeeze some of the ink out of the dress into a small cup.

When they saw the kid in the banquet hall they veered to his table and congratulated him again, each giving him the wishbone pinky handclasp of their growing conspiracy.

Pinky all about a bird named Herbert Threed, that was to have some stocks passed to him, in an office.

There were lots of gold cuff links, expensive watches, even jewelled tiepins, and every left pinky in that room had a diamond ring, except mine.