Meaning of bink | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A bench.
   Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
2. A pacifier.
   Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
3. A musical, percussive noise; plink.
   Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
4. A table or similar surface for laying out items.
   Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
5. A sideboard or shelf unit for holding dishes.
   Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
6. A mountain ledge.
   Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
7. A long cut in peat moss, marking a section from which blocks of peat are cut.
   Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
8. A hive.
   Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal

Examples

“He bouns him to the house, An' sits him doon upo' the bink, An' plaits a theet, or mends a mink, To sair an aifter use .”

“In comes the tod (fox) whiskin, whiskin, an he sits doon o' the green bink.”

“Sitting here in the park bink, Alane - yet no aa that alane.”

“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.”

“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."”

“His wife may ay sit foremost doun, At either buird or bink, Gang foremost in at door or yett, And ay the first guid-day wald get, With all men honourit and weel-tret As ony heart wald think.”

“We have it in a manuscript; the good-man keeps it, as we think, Behind a dish, upon the bink.”

“The bink took the place of the modern dresser , and on it were arranged the bowls and tinnies for family use, while underneath were placed the pails, pots, and other cooking utensils.”

“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.”

“Up thro' the cleughs, where bink on bink was set, Scrambling wi' hands and feet she taks the gate,”

“We peer over the edge—it is far more pleasant to kneel down on one knee and steady oneself with one hand, besides being safer, in the event of the edge being rotten or should a wind be blowing—we peer over the edge, and see the fox run lightly along a slightly projecting crag, from which with a sidelong scramble up a rough rock face, it reaching a narrow grassy "bink" ledge, and there it is binked as safe as the Church of England ( just about ) .”

“Without a stick a man would climb down sideways from bink to bink.”

“There was a man did that up on that bink, a hundred years or more ago, two hundred more like, for there was no gun in Nardale then.”

“They carry on the section, or the bink as they term it, of a convenient depth for easier cutting, frequently using the moss of least value above, and leaving that which is of much greater value.”

“We go on in this manner until the bink is out, that is, taken out down to the level of last year's hole. Bink after bink is excavated until the whole block that was turred is removed, and now as the most valuable part is under our feet we have to commence to "sink."”

“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.”

“This splendid attire, however, saves them not from being rudely handled; and we remember the day when an artificial bink, that is , a little box made of clay , with a piece of glass at one end , and a sprinkling of sugar at the other , contained as many captives in proportion to its size as the black hole at Calcutta .”

“Just that –no that I'm sure that there are ony honey-bees in Arthur's seat, but there's plenty of bum-bees, and aiblins a wasp bink. "”

“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.”

“Even though we don't agree with the practice of the use of the bink in our house, Gideon was an exception.”

“Of course, we create the problem to begin with by offering a bink to newborn babies.”

“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 .”

“The knob turned—.bink, bink, bink, on the treble keys .”

“I was looking at the rack to wee what cam I could pop in when I heard this "bink! " sound , and I looked up and saw big loops of the rope falling toward me.”

“It was, I think, an Austin Avenger, and it made the most delicate and musical yet important noise,'bink-a-bink-a-bink-a', as he tilted the lever to navigate us round the busy seaside town.”

“You will know where it is immediately by the constant "bink, bink, bink, bink” sound that casts such a trance like spell over the players.”

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