Definitions

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  • proper noun A patronymic surname.

Etymologies

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Variant of Jenks.

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Examples

  • Last Long Vacation, in company with a friend he calls Jinks, Master

    News from the Duchy Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • And Leonards, whose older sister Edie played at both Louisiana College and LSU-Shreveport, said she was not exaggerating when she called Jinks a tough man to play for.

    thetowntalk.com - 2009

  • He said nothing for a moment, and then called Jinks to him in a kindly, caressing manner.

    Rataplan, a rogue elephant; and other stories Ellen Velvin

  • I turned to call Jinks's attention to this, and was saying something about a French crowd -- how much cheerfuller it was than your average English one -- when all of a sudden Jinks wasn't there!

    News from the Duchy Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • Thus only Mrs. Colwyn, Tiny, and "Jinks" remained at home -- with Janetta.

    A True Friend A Novel Adeline Sergeant

  • Goodyear had just been to San Francisco on a flying trip; he brought back fresh gossip: The Bohemian Club had the "Jinks" in rehearsal; a new-discovered poet had written the book; it was to be (so the Sire declared) the greatest in club history.

    The Readjustment Will Irwin 1910

  • She was a black Persian and her name was "Jinks," but he'll find it Latinise well as "Jinxia," tell him.

    The Giant's Robe F. Anstey 1895

  • There were on special exhibition in the "Jinks" room of the Bohemian Club a dozen paintings by old masters, including a Rembrandt, a Diaz, a Murillo and others, probably worth $100,000.

    The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire Charles Morris 1877

  • "Jinks" says a pretty woman is like a lock, because she is a thing to a door (adore.)

    The Camp Jester, or, Amusement for the Mess. No Author 1864

  • "Jinks," said Smith in a moment of unwonted affability, "you've got a chance now to distinguish yourself.

    Captain Jinks, Hero Ernest Howard Crosby 1881

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