Read full poem →(A wind in the dark that ran
Through a chink where was no door),
And elected him and crowned him
Dictionary Entry
A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. chinkbetween chinkchink narrowchink small
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Poetry examples for “chink”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Oft on my hand her magic coin's been struck.
And hoping chink, she talked of morts of luck :
And still, as boyish hopes did first agree.
Read full poem →Of the new sun, and thwart my prison thrown _40
Gleamed through its narrow chink, a doleful sight,
'Three faces, each the reflex of my own,
Read full poem →No Satan with a royal trick
Steal in by window, chink, or hole,
To bind or unbind, add what lacked,
Read full poem →The shutters are shut, no light may pass
Save two long rays thro' the hinge's chink.
Read full poem →You're out beyond the boundaries of my brain.
I'm but a bird at dawn that cries, 'chink, chink'--
A garden-bird that warbles in the rain.
Read full poem →Stands mute; the boat heaves onward through the night.
Shrouded is every chink of cabined light:
And sluiced by floundering waves that hiss and boom
Read full poem →Close to the highway, pouring out
Its offering from a chink or spout;
Whence all, howe'er athirst, or drooping