Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hunting pink

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English

Syllables: hunt-ing pink
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Scarlet, as worn by fox-hunters.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The traditional scarlet jacket and related attire worn by fox-hunters.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Don't imagine elegant British foxhounds and mounted hunters dressed in their “hunting pink”. South Georgia foxhunts were just a bit different, Paul says."
"the open-fronted and unbuttonable surplices worn by Christ Church men in chapel were designed, tradition says, so that hunting pinks could not be concealed beneath them."

Etymology

Theories that the phrase derived from a tailor called Pink appear to be folk etymology. For further discussion see here (archived from the original).

Usage

Inflected Forms

hunting pinks (plural)

Questions

What does hunting pink mean?: Scarlet, as worn by fox-hunters.
Where does hunting pink come from?: Theories that the phrase derived from a tailor called Pink appear to be folk etymology. For further discussion see here (archived from the original).

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