Jints vs Bints - What's the difference?
jints | bints |
(baseball, informal) Nickname]] for the , subsequently the [[w:San Francisco Giants, San Francisco Giants.
* 1914', ''Atlanta Constitution'', "The Old-Time Fan Refers To the ' Jints' Little Napoleon As a...", May 17, 1914
* 1951 , New York Times , "VOICE OF FLATBUSH GOES UP AND DOWN; Loud Shouts of Morning Fall to...", Oct 2, 1951
* 1952 , New York Times , "Sports of the Times; Wait Till Next Year", Sep 4, 1952
* 2000 , G. Richard McKelvey, The MacPhails: Baseball's First Family of the Front Office , page 38
* 2001 , G. Richard McKelvey, The Bounce: Baseball Teams' Great Falls and Comebacks page 100
* 2007 , Curt Smith, The Voice: Mel Allen's Untold Story , page 111
(American football, informal) .
* 2000 , James Patterson, The Midnight Club , page 101
(US, sports) Nickname for many teams with name including Giants.
As nouns the difference between jints and bints
is that jints is while bints is .jints
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- The folks were quite happy about Sunday's thrilling reprieve in Philadelphia and happily confident that "d' Bums'll moider dem Jints "
- He did about as well as could be expected with the Jints , though the halo he gained lastseason was knocked slightly askew in the process.
- The faithful cheered loudly for their beloved Bums'; they jeered loudly at the others teams, especially if they were the hated "' Jints " from the Polo Grounds.
- The Polo Grounds, which had been the site of many fierce battles between the "Jints'" and the "' Bums ," was not friendly to the home team.
- To his credit, Allen could not imagine the Jints' or ' Bums unabiding on New York's behalf. "New York is fully capable of supporting three clubs."
- On Sunday it would be even more drinking, plus the Times, and the pitiful "Jints " on TV.
