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- proper noun A patronymic
surname .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Last Long Vacation, in company with a friend he calls Jinks, Master
News from the Duchy Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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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
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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
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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
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Thus only Mrs. Colwyn, Tiny, and "Jinks" remained at home -- with Janetta.
A True Friend A Novel Adeline Sergeant
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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
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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
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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
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"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
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"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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