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jankers

jankers noun: a form of military punishment which involves being confined to barracks, performing tedious and often pointless tasks, and being subjected to frequent uniform inspections. Also the plural of janker.

Noun

jankers (uncountable)

  1. (UK, slang) A form of military punishment which involves being confined to barracks, performing tedious and often pointless tasks, and being subjected to frequent uniform inspections.
  2. (UK, slang) Defaulters' drill.

Also used as

jankers is also the plural of janker.

Origin of jankers

Unknown

Questions about jankers

What does jankers mean?
Jankers means a form of military punishment which involves being confined to barracks, performing tedious and often pointless tasks, and being subjected to frequent uniform inspections.
What part of speech is jankers?
Jankers is a noun.

Words near jankers in the dictionary

  1. janked-up
  2. Jankel
  3. janken
  4. Jankent
  5. janker
  6. jankers
  7. Jankes
  8. jankier
  9. jankiest
  10. jankily
  11. jankiness

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