subs. (old).1. Coin; money; CHINK (q.v.).
2. (in pl.). See HIGH JINKS.
1715. A. RAMSAY, Christs Kirk on the Green, ii. Wks. (1848), i. 324.
Was ner in Scotland heard or seen, | |
Sic banqueting an drinkin, | |
Sic ravelling an battles keen, | |
Sic dancing and sic JINKIN, etc. |
c. 1750. ROBERTSON OF STRUAN, Poems, 86. Let pass, let pass, The naughty Glass, And wisely fall A-JINKING.
TO JINK ONES TIN, verb. phr. (common).To pay money; to shell out; to rattle or FLASH (q.v.) ones cash.