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gink

[gingk]
noun Slang: Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive.
  1. a person; fellow.
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Origin of gink

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10; origin uncertain
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Examples from the Web for gink

Historical Examples

  • Had a gink in soup to fish with her that looked like real money.

    Blue-grass and Broadway

    Maria Thompson Daviess

  • All the same, if that gink hasn't jumped town, I'll arrest him.

  • Until the mayor and Sweeney stepped in the 'Gink' had everything his own way.

    Spring Street

    James H. Richardson

  • If the department is as rotten as Gibson says it is then you can blame it on the 'Gink.'

    Spring Street

    James H. Richardson

  • Whoever the 'Gink's' against you can bet all you have is straight.

    Spring Street

    James H. Richardson

British Dictionary definitions for gink

gink1

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

C20: of unknown origin

gink2

noun NZ informal
  1. a look, especially a brief one, at somethinɡ
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