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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Those types of buildings, with regional variations that include Boston’s triple-deckers, Chicago’s three-flats, and L.A.’s dingbats, are often similar in size to large single-family homes.
From Slate • Apr. 25, 2025
As with brownstones and dingbats, distaste can dissolve with time.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2023
The report shows the benefits of L.A.'s law requiring soft-story buildings, also known as dingbats, to be retrofitted.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2022
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
"You flatter me," said George, reaching bruskly across me as if he were after the salt and pepper, and adjusting a couple of dingbats on the steering wheel.
From Of All Things by Benchley, Robert C.
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