Lexicographical Neighbors of Perjink
Literary usage of Perjink
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"... a variety of perjink. " Mrs. Fenton,—seeing the exposure that ... V. perjink.
To PREIS, vn This has been expl. to attempt; ..."
2. The Bookman (1899)
"put in M'lver, himself perjink enough about his apparel. "I'll wager there's a
girl in the business." He laughed low, looked from one to the other of us, ..."
3. John Splendid: The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Neil Munro (1898)
"... and his hair was un- trim, and for once a most fastidious nobleman was anything
but perjink. " I cry pardon, gentlemen!" he said in Gaelic, ..."
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