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The correct spelling is pinks.

How to pronounce pinks

noun

Say it like: Pin-ks

The correct spelling is pinks. The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus. For example: "This garden in particular has a beautiful bed of pinks."

Usage Examples

This garden in particular has a beautiful bed of pinks.

Your hat, madam, is the very pink of fashion.

My new dress is a wonderful shade of pink.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus.
  2. 2.A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.
  3. 3.A narrow boat.
  4. 4.A stab.
  5. 5.Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.

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