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chinkers

chinkers is the plural of chinker.

Meaning of chinker

Noun

chinker (plural chinkers)

  1. Any material that is used to fill chinks.
  2. (in plural, slang) Money.
    • Riley […] bade the Israelite "make haste with the chinkers." Old David tottered slowly across the apartment, to the closet before spoken of, groaning at the very idea of parting with so much money; […]1847, Emerson Bennett, The Bandits of the Osage

Questions about chinkers

What is chinkers the plural of?
Chinkers is the plural of chinker.

Words near chinkers in the dictionary

  1. chinker
  2. chinkerichee
  3. chinkerichees
  4. chinkerinchee
  5. chinkerinchees
  6. chinkers
  7. Chinkiang
  8. Chinkiang vinegar
  9. chinkie
  10. chinkier
  11. chinkies

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