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  • -- and who, in brief, had no imperfection but that of keeping light company at a time; such as Jinker, the horse-couper, and Gibby

    Waverley — Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801

  • -- and who, in brief, had no imperfection but that of keeping light company at a time; such as Jinker, the horse-couper, and Gibby

    Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • "The young laird of Balmawhapple, ... he had no imperfection but that of keeping light company at a time; such as Jinker the horse-couper, and Gibby Gaethroughwi't, the piper o 'Cupar;' O 'whilk follies, Mr Saunderson, he'll mend, he'll mend,' pronounced the bailie.

    The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836

  • But as Jinker was entered full sail upon the pedigree of

    Waverley 2004

  • Jinker, dodger (coquette); a jinker noble; a noble goer.

    Glossary 1909

  • But as Jinker was entered full sail upon the pedigree of

    The Waverley 1877

  • Jinker, in the battle, pleading the cause of the mare he had sold to

    The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1 Maria Edgeworth 1808

  • Jinker was ne'er the lad to impose upon a gentleman.

    Waverley Walter Scott 1801

  • Jinker, the horse-couper, and Gibby Gaethroughwi't, the piper o 'Cupar;

    Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since Walter Scott 1801

  • Lieutenant Jinker, bent his eloquence only to exculpate his favourite mare from any share in contributing to the catastrophe.

    Waverley — Volume 2 Walter Scott 1801

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