See Also: hinky(dictionary)

galanga (iou) and hinky (iou)


galanga (iou)



galanga noun. LME.
[medieval Latin: see GALINGALE.]
= GALINGALE.

hinky (iou)



hinky adjective. US colloq. M20.
[Origin uncertain: perh. rel. to Scot. hink faltering, hesitation.]
Of a person: suspicious; disreputable; nervous, uneasy. Also, of a thing: unreliable, problematic.