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

Won’t these ginks get a startler when they hear him speak presently!”

From In Search of El Dorado by Collingwood, Harry

"You ginks do a lot of talking!" he said.

From Boy Scouts in the Philippines Or, The Key to the Treaty Box by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)

Look here, Will," Tommy said, "Are you sure we made a good search of those three ginks?

From Boy Scouts in the Coal Caverns by Fletcher, Archibald Lee

“That’s the way them cheap newspaper ginks pans you out when they get a chance.”

From Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager by Standish, Burt L.

"You see," he went on, "those ginks tied us up good and tight, and then threw the money around promiscuous like!"

From The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier by Sherman, V. T.