2. Noun. (plural of chink) ¹
3. Noun. A type of chaps. ¹
4. Verb. (third-person singular of chink) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chinks
1. chink [v] - See also: chink
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinks
Literary usage of Chinks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'eighty by Charles Dickens (1868)
"Haredale, haggard and careworn, listening in the solitary house to every soui:
that stirred, with the taper shining through the chinks until the day should ..."
2. The Blue Bird: A Fairy Play in Five Acts by Maurice Maeterlinck (1909)
"The daylight penetrates gaily through the chinks of the closed shutters. To the
right, at the back, TYLTYL and MYTYL lie sound asleep in their little beds. ..."
3. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (1864)
"chinks in "dry walls"), while within a stone's throw of the same localities their
neighbours in nooks protected from the wind are flying freely. ..."
4. Criminal Trials by David Jardine (1835)
"walls and partitions were struck with mallets to find out hollow places ; and
drawn rapiers were thrust into the chinks of the wainscots. ..."
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