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English
Noun
brinks
- plural of brink
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
From the company of the same name which provides armoured trucks for transporting money and valuable goods.
Pronunciation
Noun
brinks (plural brinks dem, quantified brinks)
- (slang) sugar daddy
- Mi brinks..hairdresser mi wan fi go! ― Hey, sugar daddy, I have to go to the hairdresser.
2006, Ras Dennis Jabari Reynolds, Jabari: Authentic Jamaican Dictionary of the Jamic Language (in English), →ISBN, page 18:“brinks (brinks): n. - a wealthy person, usu. male; (slang) a sugar-daddy […] ”
References
- brinks – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Interjection
brinks
- (Internet slang) Clipping of brincadeira (“just kidding; just joking”).