dinkey

American  

[ding-kee] / ˈdɪŋ ki /

Or dinky

noun

plural

dinkeys

1. a small locomotive, especially with a switch engine.

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Etymology

Origin of dinkey

1840–50; noun use of dinky; see -ey ²

Example Sentences

Vice President by acclamation, An American credit to our nation�hinkey dinkey parley-vous!

From Time Magazine Archive

Esther, may I have a packet of seeds? and one of those dear dinkey little watering-cans?

From The Carroll Girls by Quiller-Couch, Mabel

Wherefore he neither saw nor heard; and taking the short cut across the mouth of the lateral gulch back to camp, he boarded the dinkey and went to bed without disturbing Adams.

From A Fool for Love by Lynde, Francis

I'm to teach a Bible class and pass out dinkey little reward-of-merit cards to the prize pupils!

From The Henchman by Luther, Mark Lee

The first long-drawn exhaust of the dinkey engine moving the slag kettle out to its spilling place ripped the silence.

From The Quickening by Ashe, E. M.