单词 | jinker |
释义 | jinkern.1 Chiefly Scottish. One who or that which jinks; one who suddenly eludes or dodges; one who is nimble and sprightly; a dodging beast. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > bodily movement > [noun] > qualities of bodily movement > agility or nimbleness > person jinker1724 Tarzan1921 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > sideways movement or a sideways movement > [noun] > avoiding by moving to the side > one who jinker1724 the world > animals > animals hunted > [noun] > that dodges or escapes jinker1889 1724 A. Ramsay Clout Caldron in Tea-table Misc. ii I am a gentle jinker. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 166 That day, ye was a jinker noble, For heels an' win'! a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 302 Ochon! for poor Castalian Drinkers, When they fa' foul o' earthly Jinkers. 1889 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Pigsticking 89 A pig, and particularly a ‘jinker’, is more quickly reached with it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). jinkern.2 1. Australian and New Zealand. Originally: a simple conveyance for transporting large logs, having one or two pairs of large wheels, often linked along the length of the axle by a metal arch or frame from which chains are suspended, and a central pole by which it is drawn by horses or bullocks (now chiefly historical). Now also: a motorized truck or trailer used for the same purpose. Cf. junker n.2Cf. logging wheel n. at logging n. Compounds 1, neb n. 5f. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > other vehicles according to specific use > [noun] > vehicle for moving timber or heavy weights drug?a1549 drug cart?a1549 drug-carriage1665 tug1706 timber carriage1747 timber-tuga1800 janker1823 jinker1860 timber-cart1884 junker1885 lumber-carrier1928 straddle carrier1950 straddle truck1958 telehandler1982 1860 Star (Ballarat, Victoria) 28 July Wanted to hire for a period of about four months three jinkers for hauling logs in the bush. 1889 A. Brassey Last Voy. India & Austral. 238 We followed a double team of sixteen horses drawing a timber-cart composed of one long thick pole between two enormous wheels some seven or eight feet in diameter. Above these wheels a very strong iron arch is fastened, provided with heavy chains, by means of which..almost any weight of timber can be raised from the ground. The apparatus is called a ‘jinka’. 1916 J. B. Cooper Coo-oo-ee i. 1 Often the wheels of the jinkers bogged in a soak on the track. 1992 R. Park Fence around Cuckoo 12 The old people of Te Kuiti competed against each other with mud stories. ‘Remember the time a bullock team and jinker sank in the main street?’ 2013 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 28 Aug. 62 It is wonderful for bringing the logs together for loading on the timber jinkers, though loading was a different story. 2. Australian. A light, two-wheeled horse-drawn cart; spec. (slang) a sulky used in harness racing (see sulky n. 1). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > light carriage > two-wheeled > sulky or trotting cart sulky1756 trotting-sulky1883 robbo1897 trotter1902 jinker1916 spider1945 1916 Bulletin (Sydney) 28 Dec. 24/3 A small boy was sitting in a jinker drawn up at the roadside. 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 39 Jinker, a trotting sulky. 1976 C. D. Mills Hobble Chains & Greenhide 140 Clarabelle..jogged a jinker load of mates with you on exciting bird-nesting forays. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). jinkerv. Australian. transitive. To manipulate with a jinker (see jinker n.2). ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > transport goods in vehicle [verb (transitive)] > by jinker jinker1903 1903 R. Bedford True Eyes 240 Waiting for a fine day to jinker those trees out of the bush. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11724n.21860v.1903 |
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