ˈprinky, a.
[f. prink v.2; cf. pranky.]
Prinked up, decked out; spruce-looking; precise.
| 1834 New Monthly Mag. XLII. 442 Nothing can be more at variance than the aristocratic-looking houses half buried in gloom..in May Fair, and those prinky green and white dwellings, where city folks enjoy themselves. 1895 Chicago Advance 18 Apr. 1025/3 The idea may suggest itself that prinky, medieval, despised China has been making a resistance which amounts to something. |