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jankers Services' slang.|ˈdʒæŋkəz|
[Origin unknown.]
Punishment for defaulters; the defaulters themselves; the cells in which they are placed. Also attrib. (occas. in sing. form).
1916J. N. Hall Kitchener's Mob 35 The ‘jankers’ or defaulters' squad was always rather large. 1919Athenæum 25 July 664/2 The advent of the Royal Navy Division introduced to the Army the sailor's slang word ‘jankers’, the equivalent of the soldier's ‘clink’, punishment cells. Ibid. 8 Aug. 727/2 When doing C.B. or ‘time’ he [sc. the soldier] was doing ‘jankers’ or ‘Paddy Doyle’. a1935T. E. Lawrence Mint (1950) ii. xxii. 160 A week before my last jankers. 1936F. Richards Old-Soldier Sahib ii. 54, I was now a defaulter, or ‘on jankers’ as the troops called it. 1946Penguin New Writing XXVII. 72, I stepped into the hall of B.H.Q. over two janker-wallahs. Ibid. 73 He broke off to bawl out the jankermen. 1960T. Rattigan Ross i. ii. 20 None of your lip, Parsons, now—unless you want a dose of jankers. 1965J. Porter Dover Two ix. 122, I pulled her leg about it a bit, you know, said something about having her put on jankers if she was late again. 1971Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 25 July 6/2 Jankers can be painful. It usually means confined to barracks and menial tasks. Ibid., My first jankers was for causing a fire. |