English

Proper noun

Jenkins

1. A patronymic surname​ derived from the given name Jenkin; common in England and Wales.
2. A city in Kentucky.
3. A city in Minnesota.

Derived terms

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Noun

Jenkins ‎(plural Jenkinses)

1. (derogatory, dated, colloquial) A flatterer or sycophant.

   the Jenkins employed by a newspaper

   (Can we find and add a quotation of G. W. Curtis to this entry?)

   • 1868, Edward Isidore Sears (ed.), The National Quarterly Review (volume 16, page 404)

     Because they are styled "the executive," "executive officers," &c., by their Jenkinses, and are declared by the same authorities to possess unbounded knowledge, and transcendent "executive ability," they sometimes fancy themselves the Czar, the Shah, or the Grand Turk […]