1817 S. T. Coleridge (1882) xvi. 160 (note) Two engravings, the one a pinky-coloured plate of the day, the other a masterly etching by Salvator Rosa.
1926 D. H. Lawrence 23 A big pinky-faded carpet.
1999 (Nexis) 22 May Char... It's a long fish, a bit like a trout, with a pinky coloured flesh.