jinker
/ˈdʒɪŋkə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A high wheeled wagon designed to carry lumber suspended under the body of the vehicle.
Australian usage
Example Sentences
- "[…] exhibited was a newly designed jinker, invented by Mr. John Allan.[…] can load a tree weighing 1½ tons with the greatest ease."
- "The contractor, Mr. A. F. Pincombe, who moved the building intact on a jinker..."
- "A Jinker trailer is a trailer designed to transport long logs or other long pieces of material/blocks."
- "I fell out of the jinker and it ran over me but again I survived that without too much trouble."
- "He stood in the jinker and gave the horse a great thwack on the backside with the end of the reins."
- "These two-wheeled passenger vehicles [sulkies], also known as gigs or jinkers in Victoria, could be found in every town and country district [quoting from "Sulkies, Whiskeys and Gigs" by Jeff Powell]....Not to be confused with a timber-hauling jinker, which has little in common."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈdʒɪŋkə/