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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chink1
noun
  • 1 a narrow opening or crack.
  • 2 a beam of light admitted by a chink.
– origin C16: rel. to chine2.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chink2
verb make a light, high-pitched ringing sound, as of glasses or coins striking together. noun a high-pitched ringing sound.
– origin C16: imitative.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Chink/tʃɪŋk/
noun informal, offensive a Chinese person.




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