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
Soft-story apartments, also known as dingbats, have flimsy poles on the ground floor that prop up carports and can snap in an earthquake.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2023
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
That's what brings in the—" "But see here," breaks in Ham, "how the merry dingbats would you use me in a beauty parlor?
From Wilt Thou Torchy by Ford, Sewell
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