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pinkeen en · NOUN

Etymology

From pink (“minnow”) + -een (“diminutive”).

Meanings

1. (Ireland) A little fish; especially the minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus.
2. (Ireland) An insignificant person.
   • "And what matter what she says, you pinkeen you? Who cares for Biddy's squalling? It's long before your grandfather would have talked in that way." 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 530:

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