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dinge

[dinj]
–noun
1. the condition of being dingy.
2. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a black person.

Origin:
1840–50; back formation from dingy
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dinge   (dĭnj)   
n.  Grime or squalor; dinginess.

[Back-formation from dingy1.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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