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pinkie (iou)



pinkie noun2. Also pinky. L19.
[from PINK noun4 + -IE, -Y6.]
Cheap red Wine; alcoholic drink mixed with methylated spirits. slang (chiefly Austral.). L19.
A white person. Black slang. M20.
Either of two marine fishes, the pink-coloured red grunter, Pagellus natalensis, an edible sparid, and (perh. by confusion) the small greenish rock grunter, Pomadasys olivaceum, often used as live bait. S. Afr. M20.
Angling. The maggot of a greenbottle fly. M20.
= PINK noun4 8. Cf. PINKO noun. colloq. (freq. derog.). L20.

MISSING SHIP, mar (law)


MISSING SHIP, mar. law. When a ship or Other vessel has been at sea for a much longer time than she ought to have been, she is presumed to have much longer time than she ought to have been, she is presumed to have perished there with all on board, and such a vessel is called a missing perished there with all on board, and such a vessel is called a missing ship. ship. 2. There is no precise time fixed as to when the presumption is to 2. There is no precise time fixed as to when the presumption is to arise, and this must depend upon the circumstances of each case. 2 Str. R. arise, and this must depend upon the circumstances of each case. 2 Str. R. 1199; Park. Ins. 63; Marsh. Ins. 488; 2 Johns. R. 150; 1 Caines' R. 525; 1199; Park. Ins. 63; Marsh. Ins. 488; 2 Johns. R. 150; 1 Caines' R. 525; Holt' s N. P. Rep. 242. Holt' s N. P. Rep. 242.