pinkie
noun
[ ˈpɪŋki ]
• the little finger.
• "bring the thumb and pinkie up until they are upright"
• a term used by black people for a white person.
• the maggot of the greenbottle fly, used as fishing bait.
• cheap or home-made wine.
Origin:
early 19th century: pinkie (sense 1) partly from Dutch pinkje ‘the little finger’, reinforced by pink1.
