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| fink [ fingk ] |
noun (plural finks) |
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1. somebody strongly disliked: somebody regarded as contemptible
(
dated slang insult
)
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2. informer: an informant who gives an authority such as the police information that incriminates somebody
(
dated slang
)
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3. strikebreaker: a worker who continues to work although colleagues are on strike
(
dated slang disapproving
)
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intransitive verb (past and past participle finked, present participle fink·ing, 3rd person present singular finks) |
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| Definition: |
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1. inform on others: to give an authority information about somebody's criminal or bad behavior
(
dated slang
)
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2. be strikebreaker: to continue to work in defiance of a strike
(
dated slang disapproving
)
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| [Late 19th century. Origin ?] |
