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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
¶TRINKER, n. One who does not pay his share of a tavern bill (Sc. 1911 S.D.D.).
[The source of this has not been traced. ? Connected with Eng. trinket, to act in an underhand way, or poss. a jocular conflation of drinker + tricker, a cheat.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Trinker n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 19 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/trinker>
