janker

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• Rhymes: -æŋkə(ɹ)

janker (plural jankers)

1. (Scotland) A long pole on two wheels, used in hauling logs.
   • 1802, Charles Coote, Statistical Survey of the County of Cavan:

     a vaulted castle 30 feet by 22 with a bawne of lime and stone 90 feet square, with two jankers

• janker in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

From janken +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑŋ.kər/
• Hyphenation: jan‧ker
• Rhymes: -ɑŋkər

janker m (plural jankers, diminutive jankertje n)

1. A cryer, one who weeps.
2. A whiner, one who complains.

• jankerig