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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fink /fɪŋk/ N. Amer. informal
▶noun
- 1 an unpleasant or contemptible person.
- 2 an informer.
- 1 (fink on) inform on.
- 2 (fink out) back out of a responsibility.
– origin C19: of unknown origin; perh. from Ger., lit. ‘finch’, but also a pejorative term.
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