Its owner's pal starts the bidding at $400, and the four, not being up in horse values, are thereby induced to reach for it at between $400 to $500. But human nature, whether at horse sales or at stock-gambling, loves to be "HINKY-dinked" as much as the moth loves to play tag with the candle flame.
"Friday, the Thirteenth"
Thomas W. Lawson
I'll admit the gent riled me some, but the point I had in view was what old Judge HINKY used to call "shifting the issue."
"Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters"
Henry Wallace Phillips
Let no man wonder that Lorimer's people do not prefer an efficiency expert, that a Tim Sullivan has power, or that men are loyal to HINKY Dink.
"A Preface to Politics"
Walter Lippmann