Pinkster

or Pinx·ter

[ pingk-ster ]

nounHudson Valley: Older Use.

Origin of Pinkster

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1790–1800, Americanism;<Dutch Pinksteren ≪ Greek pentēkostḗPentecost

Words Nearby Pinkster

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How to use Pinkster in a sentence

  • Pinkster Flower--It shows its pink flowers in rocky woods and thickets during spring.

    Boy Scouts Handbook | Boy Scouts of America
  • It will be time enough for Pinkster, two or three hours hence, if a Christian ought even to look at such vanities.

    Satanstoe | James Fenimore Cooper
  • Easter came early this year, and to-morrow will be the first day of the Pinkster holidays.

    Satanstoe | James Fenimore Cooper
  • There was nothing new in a Pinkster frolic, either to Dirck, or to myself; though Jason gazed at the whole procedure with wonder.

    Satanstoe | James Fenimore Cooper
  • He was born within seventy miles of that very spot, but had not the smallest notion before, of such a holiday as Pinkster.

    Satanstoe | James Fenimore Cooper