Hinky

[Jonathon Green]

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From: "Alexey Fuchs" <alexeyf at ZORAN.CO.IL>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: Hinky


> I remember (actually, I learned) the word "hincty" from Kerouac's "On the
> Road".
> If Kerouac's "On the Road" is handy and searchable, it might be useful in
> this thread; I do not remember the exact meaning of it in the novel (I
think
> it was "snooty", but this discussion might have led me off the track).
>
>
A.Fuchs

1957 Kerouac _On The Road_ (1972) Handsome queer boys [...] wetting their
eyebrows with hincty fingertip

The context suggests 'nrvous, jumpy'.

Jonthon Green