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

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

"Funny gink," commented Billee Dobb in a drawling tone of voice, as he stared at the door through which the cook had disappeared.

From The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River or Diamond X and the Chinese Smugglers by Hastings, Howard L. (Howard Livingston)

The scissors artist who revises my pink-plus locks is a gray-haired old gink who'd never been nearer Berlin than First Avenue.

From Torchy and Vee by Ford, Sewell

Of course, you are a funny sort of gink in lots of ways, my little man.

From Dave Dawson at Casablanca by Bowen, Robert Sydney

I tried Edward L., residence, at a drug store on Broadway and again I drew that butler gink, who was sort of sassy and hung up quick.

From The Girl at Central by Bonner, Geraldine