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
All the dinge possible to remove scoured away, inside!
From A Daughter of the Land by Stratton-Porter, Gene
Why, the houses are twice as tall as Lamb Court itself; and over them hangs a noble dinge, a venerable mouldy splendour.
From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by Thackeray, William Makepeace
There was neither dinge nor bend in them.
From The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley by Cullum, Ridgwell
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