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countable and uncountable, plural chinkings
The material used to fill the spaces between logs in a log house; caulking. examples
The sound of something that chinks. quotations examples
All the sounds mingle with the chinkings of the gold and silver coin […]
1887, May Hodgson, A day of life, page 187
A dozen soup-plates circulated, and a hymn was sung to the accompaniment of much chinking of coin.
1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019
present participle and gerund of chink examples