[Cf. CHINK v.3] trans. and intr. To chink; to make, or cause to make, a short metallic sound. Hence Jinking vbl. sb.

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1828.  Craven Dial., Jink, to chink or jingle.

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1848.  Fraser’s Mag., XXXVIII. 83. A dog barked, and jinked his chain upon the stones.

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1888.  Amélie Rives, Quick or Dead? (1889), 20. An old spinet … from which Miss Fridiswig used to coax forth ghastly jinkings (this spinet could not utter anything so liquid as a jingle).

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1898.  [see JINK sb.2].

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