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Noun
Maxey sprained his right pinkie in a collision with teammate Adem Bona while going for a loose ball with 16 seconds remaining in the 76ers' 126-116 loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday night.—CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026 Yes, many of the menus are tucked inside the tony enclaves of Newport Beach, but a handful of others cities, ones that don’t hug our sapphire coastline, are also serving up serious pinkies-up energy.—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 6 Mar. 2026 How long, exactly, was Maura Higgins mad at Rob Rausch for breaking his pinkie promise?—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026 And Boring would be that much closer to its 90,000-rider pinkie-swear.—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pinkie
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
probably from Dutch pinkje small pink, diminutive of pink, from Middle Dutch pinke
Noun (2)
probably from Dutch pinkje, diminutive of pink little finger