Kinker vs Jinker - What's the difference?
kinker | jinker |
A performer in a circus.
* 2006 , Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants , Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, pages 36-37:
(AU) A high wheeled wagon designed to carry lumber suspended under the body of the vehicle.
* 1985 , (Peter Carey), Illywhacker , Faber and Faber 2003, p. 155:
As nouns the difference between kinker and jinker
is that kinker is a performer in a circus while jinker is a high wheeled wagon designed to carry lumber suspended under the body of the vehicle.kinker
English
Noun
(en noun)- "So, what's the vernacular then?" I say finally. ¶ "They're called kinkers," says Camel..."don't you go calling them 'kinkers' to their faces, neither." ¶ "What do I call them?" ¶ "Performers...There's them and there's us, and you're us," says Camel.
Synonyms
* performerjinker
English
Noun
(en noun)- He stood in the jinker and gave the horse a great thwack on the backside with the end of the reins.