"chinker" meaning in All languages combined

See chinker on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: chinkers [plural]
Etymology: chink + -er Etymology templates: {{suf|en|chink|er}} chink + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} chinker (plural chinkers)
  1. Any material that is used to fill chinks.
    Sense id: en-chinker-en-noun-jR-AyjAh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11
  2. (slang, in the plural) Money. Tags: in-plural, slang
    Sense id: en-chinker-en-noun-J8QT-YIn

Inflected forms

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    },
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        {
          "text": "1847, Emerson Bennett, The Bandits of the Osage\nRiley […] 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; […]"
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    "English lemmas",
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    "English terms suffixed with -er",
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