Taking a trip through the OED.... It seems that the origins of the words "pink" for the flower and "pinking" for the jagged edge are uncertain. Their supposition is the flower was named for the fabric treatment.
--Charlene On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Bambi TBNL <[email protected]> wrote: > this is a two part question . > first is the flower originally called the pink, what we , today, call a > carnation or the origin of that flower? > if it is, is the regular jagged edge, part of the origin of the term > "pinking"?. > Im trying to use this for a masked ball i plan to attend soon where the theme > is...come as your favorite pun. > t i would appreciate and sources if ya happen to have them as i am totally > lost. > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people. -- Lucille S. Harper _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
