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
There was neither dinge nor bend in them.
From The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley by Ridgwell Cullum
‘Four and twenty knights,’ she sayes, ‘That dwells about this towne, Eene four and twenty of my next cozens, Will helpe to dinge him downe.’
From Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series by Frank Sidgwick
All the dinge possible to remove scoured away, inside!
From A Daughter of the Land by Gene Stratton-Porter
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