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

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.

In the nature of things the tea-drinking in the stuffy "dinkey" drawing-room was not prolonged.

From A Fool for Love by Lynde, Francis

Get into your white flannels and pretty blue coat and put on your dinkey rah-rah, and follow me.

From The Common Law by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

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