dinge
Americannoun
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the condition of being dingy.
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Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a Black person.
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Etymology
Origin of dinge
First recorded in 1840–50; back formation from dingy
Example Sentences
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He is not a winter man; as a depressive, its dinge makes him torpid and morose.
From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2013
Jon wouldn’t feel like an artist without a certain amount of dinge around.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Someone said: "Da sind dinge zum vorschwein gekommen," whereupon we asked—no, luckily, not we, but others, persons in no way associated with psychoanalysis—these persons asked him what he meant by this unintelligible talk.
From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund
He was dressed in a dark pair of pantaloons, brown duck overcoat and his head was surmounted by a large, broad brimmed, drab felt hat, with a big dinge in each side of it.
From The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Boyton, Paul
John Henry Menton took off his hat, bulged out the dinge and smoothed the nap with care on his coatsleeve.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
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