(slang, derogatory, dated) An operative of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.

plural of pinking

plural of pinkness

Of or pertaining to employees in predominantly female service industries.

(slang, chiefly Britain) A newspaper supplement or edition concerning sport, especially football, printed on pink newsprint.

(UK) The business generated by providing goods and services to the homosexual community.

(idiomatic, metonymically, US) Notice of termination of employment. / (US) The title document for an automobile. / (Australia, New South Wales) An automobile roadworthiness inspection certificate.

(US, informal, transitive) To terminate the employment of.

(informal) Very pleased; delighted; thrilled.

simple past tense and past participle of tickle pink