dingbats
Britishplural noun
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slang delirium tremens
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informal to make someone nervous
adjective
Example Sentences
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As with brownstones and dingbats, distaste can dissolve with time.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2023
Perhaps the next installment could do away with the pretense of these dingbats needing to save the world?
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2021
When asked about either of them bring cage-side for the Poirier fight, he replied, "I couldn’t care about them two dingbats."
From Fox News ● Jul. 9, 2021
The secret, Hamilton said, was downzoning—in particular, placing strict limits on the small apartment buildings, such as fourplexes, bungalow courts, and dingbats, that had long defined the city’s many low-rise neighborhoods.
From Slate ● May 17, 2021
"Well, gosh-dash my dingbats, if you haven't beaten me to it," Carson swore whimsically, but his disappointment was patent.
From Smoke Bellew by London, Jack
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