Wiskinkien.
/wɪˈskɪŋki/ U.S.
The official of the Tammany Society of New York charged with the office of doorkeeper.
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1800 Commercial Advertiser (N.Y.) 3 Jan. 2/3 Tammany Society, in the following order: 1st, The Wiskinkie, supporting the Cap of Liberty veiled in crape.
1843 New Mirror 15 Apr. 18/2 They were placed in charge of the Wiskinski of the wigwam.
1864 C. G. Halpine Life & Adventures of Private Miles O'Reilly 191 He had been a brave when the present Grand Sachems, Wiskinkies and Sagamores were no more than little papooses.
1905 W. L. Riordon Plunkitt 99 Dan Donegan, who used to be the Wiskinskie of the Tammany Society, and received contributions from grateful office holders.
1938 J. W. Norwood Tammany Legend xi. 145 The chief of a ‘Tribe’ was its Sachem; the master of ceremonies, the Sagamore; the Sergeant at Arms, the Wiskinskie.
1967 Connable & Silberfarb Tigers of Tammany i. 28 The Wiskinkie (sergeant-at-arms) swore an oath to preserve the Society from ‘intruders and eavesdroppers’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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