Green’s Dictionary of Slang

hink n.

[hinky adj. (1); sense 1 and all derivatives may be nonce-words found in Ellroy only, and used historically by him]

1. suspicious information or rumour, suspicious activity.

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[US](con. early 1950s) J. Ellroy L.A. Confidential 135: Sid Hudgens had already called – zero hink on the smut. [Ibid.] 217: Patchett’s smut hink needed a whitewash.

2. (US) a (minor) problem.

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[US]L. Berney Whiplash River [ebook] ‘But what if there’s a hink along the way? Right? There’s always a hink.” There’s always a hink’.