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

“A few more good pulls an’ we’ll have the old gink where we want it.”

From Eagles of the Sky With Jack Ralston Along the Air Lanes by Ambrose Newcomb

Because I doubted myself, I began to scold, winding up, "All the same, if that gink hasn't jumped town, I'll arrest him."

From The Million-Dollar Suitcase by Alice MacGowan

But you can't get past the gink in the gray helmet.

From Torchy, Private Sec. by F. Foster Lincoln

I tackles the agent with a proposition that Battou should work out the back rent, but he's a fish-eyed gink.

From The House of Torchy by Arthur William Brown