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Word: hink (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...announced he did not choose to run again for First Ward Alderman. Chicago historians hailed the passing of a lusty, gusty 50-year era; a time that began when Hinky Dink's great pal John J. ("Bathhouse John") Coughlin was Alderman. They called him Hinky Dink, or The Hink, because he was so short...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ILLINOIS: Decline of Hinky Dink | 7/13/1942 | See Source »

...Bums Sleep. Bathhouse John died in 1938. The Hink's wife is dead, too, and he is now a lonely man. At 84, he is a mite deaf, but clear of eye and head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ILLINOIS: Decline of Hinky Dink | 7/13/1942 | See Source »

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