Jinker
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈdʒɪŋkə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Jinker is a noun meaning (Australia) A high wheeled wagon designed to carry lumber suspended under the body of the vehicle.
Meaning
(Australia) A high wheeled wagon designed to carry lumber suspended under the body of the vehicle.
More Meanings
- (Australia) A specialised trailer for carrying long loads such as logs or other large loads such as when moving buildings.
- (Australia) A two-wheeled open horse drawn carriage; a sulky, trap, road cart or gig.
- (transitive) To transport by such a vehicle.
Example Sentences
The contractor, Mr. A. F. Pincombe, who moved the building intact on a jinker.
Stokes […] organised for a house to be jinkered to the farm from one of his properties.
I fell out of the jinker and it ran over me but again I survived that without too much trouble.
He stood in the jinker and gave the horse a great thwack on the backside with the end of the reins.
Word Forms
- jinkers
- jinkering
- jinkered
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include jigger, truck, trundler, jiggerman, jolleyman, carpenter.
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