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Definition of Jinked
1. jink [v] - See also: jink
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jinked
Literary usage of Jinked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sa'-zada Tales by William Alexander Fraser (1905)
""I jinked, as only a Boar who has been in many a run knows how. ... Of course I
hadn't time to laugh then, for I had no sooner jinked clear of his spear ..."
2. Modern Pig-sticking by Alexander Ernest Wardrop (1914)
"He jinked, as I knew he must, turned sharp to his right across my front, ...
You will be lucky to spear him before he has jinked once or twice. ..."
3. Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches. a Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of (1903)
"The pig, sighting a novel adversary, with a savage ' Woof-f' jinked sharp across
to my left, barely a yard clear of my horse's feet, and went like an arrow ..."
4. A Sportswoman in India: Personal Adventures and Experiences of Travel in by Isabel Savory (1900)
"Now this side, now that side, he jinked. Meanwhile, M. was coming up upon the
right, her good little mount white with lather, but no one was looking as ..."
5. The Memoirs of the Gemini Generals: Personal Anecdotes, Sporting Adventures by Osborn Wilkinson, Johnson Wilkinson (1896)
"... for in the midst of a most exciting chase, and just as I was preparing to
deliver my " first spear," the cunning brute jinked; so did we, but we jinked ..."
6. Central Criminal Court. Minutes of Evidence by Great Britain Central Criminal Court, Henry Buckler (1840)
"... Yes, you have ; you brought this stilling home to me"—Whitten was present,
and she said she jinked it и the table—the little boy pointed the prisoner ..."
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