kinchin

[ kin-chin ]

noun

, Chiefly British Slang.

1. a child.

Word History and Origins

Origin of kinchin¹

1690–1700; < German Kindchen, diminutive of Kind child. See kind ², -kin

Example Sentences

Details of the new "safer" city centre locations have yet to be confirmed but Rachel Kinchin, creative producer for Pwsh, the collective that created the artwork, said work would begin next spring.

From BBC

Rachel Kinchin,creative producer for Pwsh, the collective that created the artwork that was commissioned by For Cardiff, said: "For Cardiff funded this, and are very supportive and are as gutted as we are, but something fundamentally horrific has happened in some sort of communication".

From BBC

In both, Kinchin writes about the corporate practice of “artwashing, a by now well-established branding strategy practiced by the polluting fossil fuel industry.”

From New York Times

The curators of “Automania” — Juliet Kinchin, who recently retired from MoMA, and her design department colleagues Paul Galloway and Andrew Gardner — have brought out collection objects that limn the car as dream machine and traffic nightmare.

From New York Times

Ms. Kinchin explained that Picasso had nicked two toy cars from his son, sandwiching them to create the baboon’s mouth from dual radiators, its eyes framed by a windshield, a leaf spring forming its spine and tail.

From New York Times