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Pink of Perfection (The)

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The acmē; the beau-ideal. Shakespeare has “the pink of courtsey” (Romeo and Juliet, ii. 4); the pink of politeness. (Welsh, pwnc, a point, an acmē; our pink, to stab; pinking, cutting into points.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Pinchbeck
Pindar
Pindar and the Bees
Pindar of Wakefield (George-a-Green)
Pindaric Verse
Pinder
Pindorus (in Jerusalem Delivered)
Pine-bender (The)
Pink (A)
Pink of Perfection (The)
Piony or Peony
Piou-piou
Pious
Pip
Pipe
Pipe Rolls or Great Rolls of the Pipe
Pipe of Peace
Pipeclay
Pipelet
Piper