jinker

English

Etymology

Variant of janker.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɪŋkə/

Noun

jinker (plural jinkers)

1. (Australia) A high wheeled wagon designed to carry lumber suspended under the body of the vehicle.
   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XI, in Capricornia‎^[1], New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 179:

     Near the homestead they came upon Peter sitting on the shaft of a jinker, crooning a corroboree song and gazing so intently at the coffin-like ridge that he did not see them.

   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 155:

     He stood in the jinker and gave the horse a great thwack on the backside with the end of the reins.

Anagrams

• jerkin