din-din
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of din-din
First recorded in 1900–05; by shortening and reduplication
Example Sentences
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I don’t mean the Thursday night fund-raiser: that vaunted din-din at Sarah Jessica Parker’s crib in Greenwich Village, where 50 glitterati paid 40 grand each.
From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2012
Baby Totesikins love her Pasy and want din-din also?
From Edgar Saltus: The Man by Saltus, Marie
I'm glad I'm not a dog, mummy—special Sammy's dog—because I've not gotten to eat my din-din out of his plate.
From Capricious Caroline by Rowlands, Effie Adelaide
"Now him all comfy and I go fix poor tired bad boy him din-din."
From Every Soul Hath Its Song by Hurst, Fannie
Ask big bossie sitting over there carving his din-din if him got chocolate tandy in him pocket like always for Snookie Ookie.
From Every Soul Hath Its Song by Hurst, Fannie
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