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; -ey ²

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

But the door of the dinkey slammed behind the outgoing one, and the prophet of evil was left to organize his night assault on the shale-slide, and to command it as best he could.

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

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

Reed lifted the silent, wondering, big-eyed girl from the dinkey train which pulled into Cartagena from Calamar ten days later, and took her to the Hotel Mariana, where his anxious, fretting wife awaited.

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis