Oinker vs Jinker - What's the difference?
oinker | jinker |
(slang, countable) A pig: an animal of the genus Sus .
A pig: a fat person.
* 2002 , , Doubleday, ISBN 0385496958, page 302,
*:"What an oinker ," someone whispered off screen. Then something Caffery couldn't understand, which ended clearly with the word "flabby."
A pig: a dirty or slovenly person.
An MCP; male chauvinist pig.
* 2006 , , Hundred-Dollar Baby , Putnam, ISBN 0399153764, page 150,
A pig: a glutton.
* 2005 , Jacqueline Meadows, Something Wanton , Ellora's Cave Publishing, ISBN 1419951017, page 95,
*:"I know I'm being an oinker but I didn't get lunch today." My ravenous gaze fell to his half-eaten hotdog. "You going to finish that?"
A pig: a police officer.
* 1998 , Jessica Speart, Tortoise Soup , HarperCollins, ISBN 0380792893, page 40,
*:"Hi. I'm Rachel Porter, with Fish and Wildlife," I said.
*:"So you're the new oinker , huh?" he commented, squinting up at me.
Someone or something that oinks
(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 oinker and jinker
is that oinker is a pig: an animal of the genus Sus while jinker is a high wheeled wagon designed to carry lumber suspended under the body of the vehicle.oinker
English
Noun
- The slug they dug out of him was a .22. A woman's gun? Or was I being a sexist oinker ?
Synonyms
* (all senses) pigAnagrams
*jinker
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.
