JENKINS

Jen"kins, n.

Definition: name of contempt for a flatterer of persons high in social or official life; as, the Jenkins employed by a newspaper. [Colloq. Eng. & U.S.] G. W. Curtis.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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