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dinky

[ ding-kee ]

adjective

, dink·i·er, dink·i·est.
  1. Informal. small, unimportant, unimpressive, or shabby:

    We stayed in a dinky old hotel.

  2. British Informal. fashionable; well dressed; smart.


noun

, plural dink·ies.

dinky

/ ˈdɪŋkɪ /

adjective

  1. small and neat; dainty
  2. inconsequential; insignificant


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dinky1

1780–90; compare Scots dink neatly dressed, trim (of obscure origin); sense shift perhaps: trim > dainty > small > insignificant; -y 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dinky1

C18 (in the sense: dainty): from dink

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Example Sentences

You think that this tragedy has given you an opportunity to catapult you [sic] dinky blog and newspaper to new heights.

We don't even have real big prizes—just a dinky little spoon sitting up on the mantel-piece to excite us as if it was a tiara.

I'm a good enough Yank to see if your dinky police is such an all-fired cute little bunch of wonder-workers as you say!

I guess its free cruising ground for anybody who can afford to own a steam yacht, or even a common little dinky motorboat.

What fun is it to walk down into that dinky little village keeping step like convicts?

But I figured out: there's camp-meetin's an' socials up there, an' a nice, dinky, white shirt once in a way goes pretty good.

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