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Quotation dates: 1857
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JINK, v.2, n.3 [dʒɪŋk]
I. v. To clink, jingle.s.Sc. 1857 Wilson's Tales of the Borders XI. 5:
It may make rhyme jingle in your ears, but it will never make sterling coin jink in your pockets.
II. n. 1. A chink, jingling sound.s.Sc. 1857 Wilson's Tales of the Borders VIII. 165:
Sensible only of the jink of the coin of the realm.
2. By extension, from the sound of its call: the chaffinch, Fringilla caelebs (Per.4 1950). Cf. Chink.
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