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spink

(spɪŋk)
n
1. (Animals) a finch
2. (Zoology) the sound of a particular bird cry
vb (intr)
(of a finch) to call, chirp, or make a characteristic sound

spink

(spɪŋk)
n
(Agriculture) a coloured mark on cattle
adj
speckled

spink

(spɪŋk)
n
(Plants) Scot a cuckoo flower
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As, for instance, the Sunday when Nelson and French Frank and Captain Spink stole the stolen salmon boat from Whisky Bob and Nicky the Greek.
One Sunday morning old Captain Spink paid me a visit.
(Poor Whisky Bob!--without viciousness, good- natured, generous, born weak, raised poorly, with an irresistible chemical demand for alcohol, still prosecuting his vocation of bay pirate, his body was picked up, not long afterward, beside a dock where it had sunk full of gunshot wounds.) Within an hour after I had rejected Captain Spink's proposal, I saw him sail down the estuary on board the Reindeer with Nelson.
Therefore, I brought them back, and on the first day at home I took one round to Spink's, and asked him to have it roughly cut and valued."
Keeper still Villa priority, says Spink VILLA legend Nigel Spink reckons signing a new goalkeeper remains a priority despite the club handing Jed Steer a new contract.
Lloyd's Appoints Spink as Head of Global Operations
Spink, currently the company's Senior Vice President/Corporate Controller, is being promoted to Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer, effective February 1, the company said.
Spink, to executive vice president/chief financial officer, effective February 1, 2018.
FORMER UKIP and Tory MP Bob Spink dodged a jail term after being convicted of electoral fraud.
Bob Spink, who served as Tory MP for Castle Point in Essex for five years before defecting to Ukip in 2008, was found guilty of four counts of electoral fraud at Southwark Crown Court yesterday.
Tony was Ron Saunders' assistant until Ron resigned in I came out at of the team the bench reserve Nigel Spink midfielder Heard.
Edinburgh, United Kingdom, October 06, 2017 --(PR.com)-- A full cask of Macallan 1987 Single Malt Scotch whisky has fetched HK$2,928,000 ([pounds sterling]282,890 or US$374839) at Spink China auction house, with Scottish whisky specialists Cask 88 acting as the advisor, setting a new world record for both the sale of a whisky cask and for the most expensive per-bottle cask sold at auction.