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Kinker vs Jinker - What's the difference?

kinker | jinker |

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)
  • A performer in a circus.
  • * 2006 , Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants , Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, pages 36-37:
    • "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

    * performer

    jinker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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:
    • He stood in the jinker and gave the horse a great thwack on the backside with the end of the reins.

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