kink

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

laughter. To KINK, as spoken of children, when their breath is long stopped, through eager crying or laughing. Hence the kink-cough, called also the chin-cough. N.

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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose