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单词 pinko-grey
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pinko-greyadj.n.

Brit. /ˌpɪŋkəʊˈɡreɪ/, U.S. /ˌpɪŋkoʊˈɡreɪ/
Forms: see pinko- comb. form and grey adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pinko- comb. form, grey adj.
Etymology: < pinko- comb. form + grey adj.
A. adj.
Of a pinkish grey colour; spec. of or belonging to a light-skinned people; = white adj. 5.
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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > white person > [adjective]
European1666
white1726
whitey1798
Caucasian1807
paleface1830
blue-eyed1838
papalagi1844
Caucasic1890
Caucasoid1902
ofay1911
leucoderm1924
pinko-grey1924
pink1930
ladino1934
mzungu1961
honky1967
mlungu1973
umlungu1976
palagi1977
the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > pinkish or purplish grey
columbinec1420
columbe1561
dove-colour1598
dove-coloured1727
lavender-grey1834
lilac-grey1880
dove1895
pinko-grey1953
1924 E. M. Forster Passage to India vii. 62 The remark that did him most harm at the club was a silly aside to the effect that the so-called white races are really pinko-grey.
1953 W. G. Walter Living Brain i. 1 By brain is meant..something more than the pinko-grey jelly of the anatomist.
1961 P. Mason Common Sense about Race i. iii. 49 A pinko-grey man is rather more likely than a Negro to have traces of the ridges above the eyes..so prominent in the gorilla.
1985 R. M. Adams in D. J. Enright Fair of Speech 44 It is..no more inexact than the word ‘white’ applied to a spectrum of faces from pinko-grey to swarthy.
1998 Observer (Nexis) 5 Apr. 18 Pink is hard to wear, because it does odd things to pinko-grey skins.
B. n.
slang. A white person.
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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > white person > [noun]
white mana1398
Christian1622
European1666
white-face1684
long knife1784
buckra1794
sahib1796
white-skin1803
whitey1811
Pakeha1817
papalagi1817
paleface1823
whitefellow1826
Abelungu1836
haole1843
gringo1849
lightiea1855
umlungu1859
mzungu1860
heaven-burster1861
ladino1877
mooniasc1880
Conchy Joe1888
béké1889
ofay1899
ridge runner1904
Ngati Pakeha1905
kelch1912
pink1913
leucoderm1924
fay1927
Mr Charlie1928
pinkie1935
devil1938
wonk1938
oaf1941
grey1943
paddy1945
Caucasoid1956
Jumble1957
Caucasian1958
white boy1958
pinko-grey1964
honky1967
toubab1976
palagi1977
1964 ‘M. Innes’ Money from Holme x. 68 The pinko-greys out there [i.e. in Africa] aren't exactly aesthetes.
1974 Times 5 June 16/5 The pinko-grays, to use E. M. Forster's accurate description, were entirely safe... Britain was about to quit India.
1990 Sunday Times 14 Jan. h7/1 She meets Salim..by contriving to drop her books. The pinko-greys walk on but Salim, being a gent, picks them up.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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