chinker

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noun

Any material that is used to fill chinks.

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Meanings

nounchinker (plural chinkers)

plural chinkers

  1. Any material that is used to fill chinks.
  2. in pluralslangMoney.

    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

Origin

chink + -er

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APA

chinker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chinker

MLA

“chinker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chinker. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chinker,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chinker.

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