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pinking iron
noun
- a tool for perforating, or for notching or scalloping the edge of fabric, leather, etc.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pinking iron1
First recorded in 1755–65
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Example Sentences
With a pinking iron cut scalloped edge and enough of a narrow strip to gather fully all around just inside the outer edge.
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The adjutant faces toward the left flank, shoulders his tinseled pinking iron, and sets his teeth firmly, almost defiantly.
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Place two pieces together and pin at the fold, and "pink" through the four thicknesses, around the edges with a "pinking iron."
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Just in time, dearie, to fetch us the paste from the library and the pinking iron which Gussie was using last evening.
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This projecting edge is pinked with a pinking iron, to make it more ornamental.
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