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pinkers

pinkers is the plural of pinker.

Meaning of pinker

Noun

pinker (plural pinkers)

  1. One who pinks (in various senses).
    • The job paid $65 a week. However, when she arrived for work, the employer informed her that she would also be required to do some pinking, and that she would be paid at the rate for pinkers, which was only $50 a week.2000, Leigh David Benin, The New Labor Radicalism and New York City's Garment Industry, page 92

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Noun

pinkers pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Synonym of pinking shears.
    • When working with a woven fabric, use pinking shears for trimming because pinkers automatically notch the seam allowance for you, making the seam allowance easier to work with (see Chapter 6 for more information on notching seams).2010, Jan Saunders Maresh, Sewing For Dummies, page 202
    Synonyms:
    pinking shears

Synonyms of pinkers

Questions about pinkers

What does pinkers mean?
Pinkers means synonym of pinking shears.
What is pinkers the plural of?
Pinkers is the plural of pinker.
What part of speech is pinkers?
Pinkers is a noun.

Words near pinkers in the dictionary

  1. pinkens
  2. pinker
  3. Pinkerian
  4. Pinkerman
  5. Pinkermans
  6. pinkers
  7. Pinkerton
  8. Pinkerton syndrome
  9. Pinkertonian
  10. Pinkertonism
  11. Pinkertons

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