D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Jenkins

/jĕng'-kənz/ · Jen·kins · IPA /ˈd͡ʒɛŋkɪnz/
01 n. A name of contempt for a flatterer of persons high in social or official life; as, the Jenkins employed by a newspaper.
  1. 1.
    A name of contempt for a flatterer of persons high in social or official life; as, the Jenkins employed by a newspaper.[Colloq. Eng. & U.S.]