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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1806
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QUINK, n. Also quinck, kwink. Comb. quink-goose. The brent goose, Branta bernicla, or the grey-lag goose, Anser ferus. Acc. to others the golden-eyed duck, Glaucionetta clangula (Ork. 1808 Jam., 1866 Edm. Gl.), prob. from the mistaken association in 1806 quot.Ork. 1806 P. Neill Tour 196:
I suspect that quink-goose is another name for the same bird [Brent goose], though this last may possibly be the golden-eye duck, anas clangula (the quin-ænd of Norway), which makes a loud noise, as it flies along, with the vigorous quick strokes of its wings.
