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masc. proper name, from Jan, variant of John, + diminutive suffix -kin. In Middle English, applied contemptuously to priests.
Bid them welcome, jankin, to such poor cheer as we can give them.
"Here they be," roared jankin, who had stationed himself as look-out in a high tree.
jankin appeared in high spirits, and had indeed enjoyed his ride immensely.
