Webster's 1913 Dictionary
JENKINS
JENKINS Jen "kins, n.
Defn: name of contempt for a flatterer of persons high in social or official life; as, the Jenkins employed by a newspaper. [Colloq. Eng. & U.S.] G. W. Curtis.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Jenkins, Roy
Jen kins, Roy |ˈjeNGkinz ˈʤɛŋkənz |, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead (1920 –2003 ), English politician and scholar; full name Roy Harris Jenkins. He was a member of Parliament 1948 –76 and 1982 –87 and then served as chancellor of Oxford University. Notable works: Mr. Attlee (1948 ), Truman (1986 ), and Gladstone (1995 ).
Jenkins's Ear, War of
Jen kins's Ear, War of a war between England and Spain (1739 ). It was precipitated by a British sea captain, Robert Jenkins, who appeared before Parliament to produce what he claimed was his ear, cut off by the Spanish while they were carrying out a search of his ship in the Caribbean.
Oxford Dictionary
Jenkins, Roy
Jen |kins |ˈdʒɛŋkɪnz | (Harris ), Baron Jenkins of Hillhead (1920 –2003 ), English Labour and Social Democrat MP and scholar. A Labour MP between 1948 and 1976, he co-founded the Social Democratic Party in 1981 and represented Glasgow Hillhead 1982 –7. He then became Chancellor of Oxford University.
Jenkins's Ear, War of
Jenkins's Ear, War of |ˈdʒɛŋkɪnzɪz | a war between England and Spain (1739 ). It was precipitated by a British sea captain, Robert Jenkins, who appeared before Parliament to produce what he claimed was his ear, cut off by the Spanish while they were carrying out a search of his ship in the Caribbean.
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