Australia. [Variant of JANKER.] A contrivance, used in the Australian bush, consisting of two pairs of wheels, having their axle-trees joined by a long beam, under which tree-trunks are suspended by chains.
1894. Melbourne Argus, 7 July, 8/4 (Morris). A rather novel spectacle was to be seen to-day on the Ballan road in the shape of a five-roomed cottage on jinkers.
