gink slang (orig. U.S.).
(gɪŋk)
[Of obscure origin.]
A fellow; a man. (Freq. pejorative.)
| 1910 Sat. Even. Post 22 Oct. 12/3, I don't believe that all these ginks have got coin enough to support one good game. 1919 Wodehouse Damsel in Distress ii, I'm certain this gink is giving her a raw deal. 1927 Sunday Express 6 Feb. 4 One of America's noblemen, a great pirate, a gink with nerve. 1930 G. Mitchell Myst. Butcher's Shop xiv. 164 When I 'ears silly ginks in this 'ere bar talking about 'im doin' this 'ere murder, I says to 'em [etc.]. 1957 L. P. Hartley Hireling 134 Hughie was a heel or a gink or anything you liked to call him. 1961 Times 19 Dec. 7/7 There are ginks running these schools and interfering with small boys. 1970 A. Draper Swansong for Rare Bird viii. 71 George wasn't the most talkative gink alive. |