English
Etymology
Theories that the phrase derived from a tailor called Pink appear to be folk-etymology. For further discussion see here.
Noun
en-noun
- scarlet, as worn by fox-hunters
#:*2005: Don't imagine elegant British foxhounds and mounted hunters dressed in their �hunting pink�. South Georgia foxhunts were just a bit different, Paul says. � Paul B Dunn, A Stroll Through Fitzgerald (ThomasMax? 2005, p. 42)
- in plural The traditional scarlet jacket and related attire worn by fox-hunters.
#:*1965: 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. � Jan Morris, Oxford (OUP 2001, p. 109)
ru:hunting pink
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