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  • noun Plural form of spink.

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Examples

  • At efter, mebbe cuckoo will begin to shout, an 'close behind him will coom t' spinks an 'pipits an' lile tits.

    More Tales of the Ridings Frederic William Moorman 1895

  • There were all maks o 'birds i' t 'trees -- spinks an' throstles an 'blackbirds -- an' t 'air aboon my head were fair wick wi' larks an 'pipits singin' as canty as could be.

    Tales of the Ridings Frederic William Moorman 1895

  • He said he had come thousands of miles to climb the pyramids, and sit in the shadow of the spinks, and by ginger he was going to do it, and so we started.

    Peck's Bad Boy Abroad Being a Humorous Description of the Bad Boy and His Dad in Their Journeys Through Foreign Lands - 1904 1878

  • I know that it goes without saying that many folks are not a fan of the fightign style owned by cory spinks, but I for one enjoy the boy.

    East Side Boxing 2009

  • Undisputed Champion imagine cory spinks vs. Floyd, scary as hell

    BoxingScene.com 2009

  • The guides got their nerve back after they got out in the air, because they wouldn't help dad down unless he paid them something every stone they helped him climb down, so when he got down he didn't have any money, and hardly any pants, because what pants the Arabs didn't tear were worn off on the stones, so when he showed up in front of the spinks he was a sight, and he bought a turban of a guide and unwound it and wound it around him in place of pants.

    Peck's Bad Boy Abroad Being a Humorous Description of the Bad Boy and His Dad in Their Journeys Through Foreign Lands - 1904 1878

  • I do not see Berto really wanting any anyway. he is a poor man's Mosley with more power but less defense. typical lou dibella matchmaking, i would expect no less from the man who orchestrated the rise of jermain taylor and paulie mallinaggi, now he is using the ole lets bring a figher up from the lower weight classes to make my guy look good, Berto lost that fight to collazo just like jermain taylor lost to hopkins (and wright, and spinks, and hopkins the 2nd time), dibella is a piece of crap.

    East Side Boxing 2009

  • i dont remember spinks being super middleweight champ can anyone help me out on this. email

    East Side Boxing 2009

  • i think this is the best way for MP .. pacquiao vs. delahoya (win or lose) pacquiao vs. hatton (if hatton is the champ) pacquiao vs. (any of the welterweight champ hpefully mayweather) pacquiao vs. forrest or spinks (to be the 7th division champ)

    MVN 2008

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