¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Minks
1. mink [n] - See also: mink
Lexicographical Neighbors of Minks
Literary usage of Minks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"Stout but Agreeable Youth (to Miss minks). Let 's have another look at the thin
noes. ... Miss minks. Do you suppose I 've any time for reading rubbish ? ..."
2. Cases on the Law of Torts by Francis Hermann Bohlen (1915)
"251, General Statutes, for killing minks. The defendant admitted the killing of
four minks, but alleged, in justification, that the animals were at the time ..."
3. Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania: With Special Reference to the Food by Pennsylvania Ornithologist, Benjamin Harry Warren (1890)
"167 hawks; 49 owls, "also quite an amount for foxes, minks and weasels. ...
The premiums on weasels, minks and foxes are about one-third of the above. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... no ancient minks buried in the soil indicate that the localities were ever
covered with trees. AUTHENTIC MODES 1. Dorian, DE, F, GAB C, D. PLAGAL MODES ..."
5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1918)
"U8C. statute had abridged his rights of hunting and reprisal, it had put him
under no obligation to suffer the minks to eat, injure, or annoy his domestic ..."
6. The American Law Times Reports by Rowland Cox (1875)
"251, General Statutes, for killing minks. The defendant admitted the killing of
four minks, but alleged, in justification, that the animals were at the time ..."
7. The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General Interest Decided by Isaac Grant Thompson, Irving Browne (1876)
"As soon as the minks saw me they stopped pursuing the geese and ran out upon a
little ... He fired at the minks on the island, killing them all at one •hot; ..."