Any material used to fill chinks or gaps, especially in walls, log cabins, or stonework — a word rooted in the practical vocabulary of construction and repair. The term is straightforward and literal, most at home in discussions of rustic or traditional building techniques. Uncommon in everyday modern speech outside of craft or historical contexts.
They packed old rags and clay in as chinker to stop the wind coming through the cabin walls.
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Any material that is used to fill chinks.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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