bink
Americannoun
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Scot.. a bench for sitting on.
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Scot.. a seat occupied by a judge or the symbolic seat of the judicial office.
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Scot.. a shelf of stone or wood used especially for dishes and other kitchenware.
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Scot.. a natural or fabricated embankment of earth or rock.
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"Toby, uf you ain'd dake ut by der builtun-loan, blease put ut in der bink?"
From In the Arena Stories of Political Life by Tarkington, Booth
"A ring, a ring!" was now shouted, until the dark rafters, and the hams that hung on them, trembled again, and the very platters on the bink clattered against each other.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 280, October 27, 1827 by Various
I wonder, Jeanie, aften yet, When sitting on that bink, Cheek touchin' cheek, loof lock'd in loof, What our wee heads could think.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
"A ring—a ring!" was now shouted, until the dark rafters, and the hams that hung on them, trembled again, and the very platters on the "bink" clattered against each other.
From International Short Stories English by Various
I wonder, Jeanie, aften yet, When sitting on that bink, Cheek touchin' cheek, loof locked in loof, What our wee heads could think!
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
For faut o' wise men fools sit on binks.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
A course may be taken up very steep grassy binks with the gully on the right hand.
From Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England by Smith, W. P. Haskett
‘Hall binks are slippery,’ wrote stern old Knockbrex, challenging his old minister for his too great joy.
From Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents by Whyte, Alexander
For fault of wise men fools sits on binks.
From Collection of Scotch Proverbs by Stampoy, Pappity
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