gink

American  

[gingk] / gɪŋk /

noun

Slang: Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive.

1. a person; fellow.

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gink ¹ British  

/ ɡɪŋk /

noun

1. slang a man or boy, esp one considered to be odd

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gink ² British  

/ ɡɪŋk /

noun

1. a look, especially a brief one, at somethinɡ

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Etymology

Origin of gink

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

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gink

This gypsum gink or hillside hoopus—whatever its name might be—had soft black fur girdled with white, and white cuffs above its paws.

From Time Magazine Archive

Don’t show the poor gink up before the crowd.

From Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour by Chadwick, Lester

Besides, he seems like such a good-natured, well meanin' gink that I lets him run on, clear to 42d-st.

From Shorty McCabe on the Job by Ford, Sewell

Pyne, he's a tall, slim gink with stooped shoulders and so short sighted that he has to wear extra thick eyeglasses.

From Torchy and Vee by Ford, Sewell

"That old gink is the original Onion collector and he spends his waking hours falling for dead ones."

From You Should Worry Says John Henry by McHugh, Hugh