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"ref": "1832, “Whistle-binkie: a Collection of Comic and Sentimental Songs”, in Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, and Sciences, page 501:",
"text": "According to the most painstaking among our etymologist, the name was first conferred upon one who, in his attendance upon weddings and other convivial occasions, rendered himself so agreeable to the company by his skill in whistling, that he was allowed to sit at the bink, or board , and partake of the good things free of all expense; an honour , in the early ages of our history , which was only conferred on the highest degree of merit.",
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"ref": "1891, Alexander Maxwell, Old Dundee, page 193:",
"text": "In front of the entrance to Alexander's booth there used to stand \"a stane bink\" which was employed \"for outsetting of stands affore the buith.\"",
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"ref": "1908, Frederick William Watkeys, Old Edinburgh, page 234:",
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"ref": "1911, Old-lore Miscellany of Orkney, Shetland, Caithness, and Sutherland,- Volume 4:",
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"ref": "1999, Sir Walter Scott, Rob Roy. A legend of Montrose. The bridge of Lammermoor. The monastery, page 375:",
"text": "His wife on the one side, in her pearlings and pudding sleeves, put the last finishing touch to her holiday's apparel, while she contemplated a very handsome and good-humored face in a broken mirror, raised upon the bink (the shelves on which the plates are disposed ) for her special accommodation.",
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"ref": "1842, Alexander Ross, Helenore; or, The fortunate shepherdess, page 17:",
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"ref": "1892, “Peat, Its Use and Value for Fuel”, in Report of the Bureau of Mines - Volumes 1-4, page 188:",
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"ref": "2022, John Sillars, The McBrides: A Romance of Arran:",
"text": "Och, an' I ken folk mysel' that found an iron pot o' doubloons in the peat bink; but aul ' Tchonie, he just takes what he will be needin', and he takes it at night when the folks are abed.",
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"ref": "1856, Archibald Boyd, The Crown Ward - Volume 3, page 143:",
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"ref": "1890, Bee-keepers' Record, page 147:",
"text": "On 19th July I examined old hive, turned it completely up on its side: combs nearly black, two at one side as musty as an old wasp's bink: decided to clear them out on Monday.",
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"text": "I am now eighteen months old and some say it is time to take away my bink. I say for now , let it stay! I have my fun toys and my little red wagon; that is true; but taking bink away now will only make me sad and blue .",
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"ref": "2000, Accidents in North American Mountaineering, page 49:",
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"ref": "2001, Geoff Cochrane, Acetylene, page 13:",
"text": "My tinny typing binked.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2011, Rod Kierkegaard, Vicki Keire, The Department of Magic:",
"text": "From the palm of her hand, Farah's iPhone binked and chirped once every minute or so with calls or text messages, but she was ignoring them.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2011, Jody Lynn Nye, View from the Imperium - Volume 1:",
"text": "The system \"binked\" acknowledgement.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2014, Carol Paradise Decker, Pecos Pueblo People Through the Ages: Stories of Time and Place, page 160:",
"text": "Some of the men at Cochiti made fine drums, big ones that boomed and smaller ones that \"binked\" with different pitches .",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make a bink noise."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2005, David Gessner, Sick of Nature, page 89:",
"text": "It didn't hurt, not at all, but at that moment, as that ballpoint binked my chest, something binked inside my head.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2014, Hannah Alexander, Collateral Damage, page 188:",
"text": "Carmen gave her a toothy grin and binked her on the nose with a forefinger.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2024, Juan Vidal, A Second Chance on Earth:",
"text": "As we went to reengage, Mrs. Shore jumped in and got binked with an accidental elbow .",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To poke lightly."
],
"links": [
[
"poke",
"poke"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"rhymes": "-ɪŋk"
}
],
"word": "bink"
}
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