Skink (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Skink

To skink, is to wait on the company, ring the bell, stir the fire, and snuff the candles; the duty of the youngest officer in the military mess. See Boots.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

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