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brinksman en · NOUN

Etymology

Back-formation from brinksmanship, equivalent to brink + -s- + -man.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of brinkman.
   alt of brinkman
   • For the brinksman, it is Soviet might that will force the United States to accept the new reality of Soviet power that now permits the Soviet Union to have weapons and troops abroad. 1978, Herbert Samuel Dinerstein, The making of a missile crisis, October 1962, page 219:

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