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jenkins
/ˈd͡ʒɛŋkɪnz/
name 3noun 1
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2ADJ.
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VERB + JENKINS
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Definitions
name
1
A surname originating as a patronymic of Cornish and in English ("mainly of Devon") origin.
2
A city in Kentucky.
3
A city in Minnesota.
noun
1
A flatterer or sycophant.
the Jenkins employed by a newspaper
October 1869, George William Curtis, Civil-Service Reform rouse the country for Jones and Justice or Jenkins and the Rights of Man
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the Jenkins employed by a newspaper
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October 1869, George William Curtis, Civil-Service Reform rouse the country for Jones and Justice or Jenkins and the Rights of Man
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Because they are styled "the executive," "executive officers," &c., by their Jenkinses, and are declared by the same authorities to possess unbounded knowledge, and transcendent "executive ability," t
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I'm thinking of taking you to see Mr Jenkins.
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Florence Foster Jenkins was one of the greatest sopranos of the world.
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