jank, v. Sc.
(dʒæŋk)
[Derivation obscure: cf. Sw. and Norw. dial. janka to totter, go slowly, hesitate.]
intr. To trifle, shuffle.
| 1697 Cleland Poems 19 (Jam.) Now he's rewarded for such pranks, When he would pass, it's told he janks. 1808–18 Jamieson, Jank, to trifle. Loth. |
So jank n., a shuffle.
| 1705 Observator No. 4. 22 His pretending to bring Witnesses from the East Indies, seem'd liker a fair Jank than any proper Defence. |