| 单词 | pinking iron |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspinking iron pinking iron n. now chiefly historical a sharp instrument for cutting out pinked borders; (humorously) a sword. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > other types of cutting equipment > [noun] > others ripper1659 Mohock1721 pinking iron1761 stock knife1799 sapper1822 ice plough1830 race knife1832 dresser1860 race-tool1867 pen-maker1875 stone-cutter1875 twinning-machine1875 nail cutter1876 paper cutter1880 guillotine1883 miller1890 flaker1891 undercutter1891 race1904 lino-cutter1907 gang mower1917 go-devil1918 rotary cutter1936 stripping-bill1968 fragmentizer1972 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > cutting, stamping, or pinking > equipment for bodkinc1440 scallop-iron1688 pinking iron1761 stiletto1828 1761 in E. Singleton Social N.Y. under Georges (1902) 242 [I] have ever since been so scrupulous an observer of it [sc. taste] that I never was the mark of a pinking-iron behind it. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Pinking-iron, a cutting instrument for scolloping the edges of ribbons, flounces, paper for coffin trimmings, &c. 1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 335/3 Our woman's tool set consists of..one pinking iron, one darning egg, [etc.]. 1984 Washington Post (Nexis) 23 Feb. 15 Kitchen equipment including a coffee grinder, pinking irons, a copper preserving kettle and pewter plates. < as lemmas |
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