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chinkings

chinkings is the plural of chinking.

Meaning of chinking

Noun

chinking (countable and uncountable, plural chinkings)

  1. The material used to fill the spaces between logs in a log house; caulking.
  2. The sound of something that chinks.
    • All the sounds mingle with the chinkings of the gold and silver coin […]1887, May Hodgson, A day of life, page 187

Questions about chinkings

What is chinkings the plural of?
Chinkings is the plural of chinking.

Words near chinkings in the dictionary

  1. chinkies
  2. chinkiest
  3. chinkiness
  4. chinking
  5. chinking up
  6. chinkings
  7. chinkland
  8. chinkle
  9. chinkled
  10. chinkles
  11. chinkling

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