Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
masc. proper name, from Jan, variant of John, + diminutive suffix -kin. In Middle English, applied contemptuously to priests.
Usage examples of "jankin".
His laughter disappeared quickly as Jankin slugged him, dropping him to the ground.
Two of the others came over and gathered Jankin up, then the whole troupe turned to depart.
Drizzt took a cautious step in, and the friars, even Jankin, sobered by the distress call, followed right behind.
For the first time that any of them could recall, Brother Jankin was stricken speechless, but Mateus managed to whisper a few words, echoing their shared sentiments.
Mateus reminded them, catching Jankin by the hair to keep him from going the wrong way.
Their desperate scrambling hardly made any headway up the slope, especially with Mateus still trying to rein in Jankin, so the exit was the only way.
Even their terror did not prevent each of them, even Jankin, from scooping up a pocketful of baubles as he passed.
Ten-Towns, the land that Jankin had named a house for the homeless, a gathering ground for those who had nowhere else to go, brought the drow a measure of hope.
Weeping Friars were an order dedicated to suffering, and a couple of them, particularly Jankin, had indeed suffered much in their lives.
The lord, the lady, and each man, save the frere, Saide, that Jankin spake in this mattere As well as Euclid, or as Ptolemy.