"jinky" meaning in English

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      "form": "jinkier",
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          "ref": "1988, Michael King, One of the boys?: changing views of masculinity in New Zealand, page 100",
          "text": "Trap the long ball to the wing on the run, carry it down the touch-line at speed, passing the half-back with a body-swerve, take the ball almost to the corner flag, then cut inside the fullback with a jinky one-two, and place the ball […]",
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          "ref": "1990, Bob Ferrier, The world atlas of golf courses, page 76",
          "text": "The 2nd is a jinky little 345 yards, and is anything but simple. A large eucalyptus tree on the right, 100 yards out, shuts off half of the target area from the tee. A big bunker on the left at 220 yards tightens it even further, […]",
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          "ref": "1999, Irish Independent, Bell rings warning over Leslie",
          "text": "He's also quite jinky off his feet. He steps through tackles and offloads there are no frills. He brings other players into the game.",
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        {
          "ref": "2006, “Tevez must sharpen up before axe needs to fall”, in Telegraph",
          "text": "Coming out second best then, he then tried a jinky dribble from right to left, only to find McCann standing in his way again.",
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          "text": "2007 John O'Groat Journal - Millbank Man o' Steel event brings season to a close\nDarren was the smallest on the pitch he is certainly not fazed by the bigger lads and his jinky runs regularly stretched the opposition to the limit"
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          "text": "Unfortunately it was my faster, jinkier pals who could get past the security guards and I'd always end up getting stopped.",
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        "Mazy, windy, zigzagging in its motion."
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        {
          "word": "juke"
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          "word": "hinky"
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          "text": "The 2nd is a jinky little 345 yards, and is anything but simple. A large eucalyptus tree on the right, 100 yards out, shuts off half of the target area from the tee. A big bunker on the left at 220 yards tightens it even further, […]",
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