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Definition of Jinkers
1. jinker [n] - See also: jinker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jinkers
Literary usage of Jinkers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Parker Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"... has thrown the ball against the wall, and if struck he again throws against
the wall, naming another player, always adding the word “jinkers,” Thursday ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"jinkers, n. a contrivance much used in the bush for moving heavy logs and trunks
of trees. It consists of two pairs of wheels, with their axle-trees joined ..."
3. A Glossary of North Country Words, in Use: With Their Etymology, and by John Trotter Brockett (1829)
"Sc.jingle-the-bonnet. JINK, o. to jingle.—JINK, s. a clink, or sharp rattle.
jinkers, BY jinkers, a sort of demi-oath. From^'j«go. ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1822)
"PS—I will send you very soon some little biographical sketches of the principal
High-jinkers, which I have had long in my port-folio. ..."
5. The Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1877)
"Ochon for poor Castalian drinkers, When they fa' foul o' earthly jinkers !
The witching, curs'd, delicious blinkers Hae put me hyte,m And gart me weet my ..."
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