dinkey
noun
a small locomotive, especially with a switch engine.
dinkeys
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pluralof dinkey.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"I ain't the artist to move her gently enough with all that string o' dinkeys behind her," he said unhopefully.
From A Fool for Love by Francis Lynde
Beats those little peanut whistles they've got on the little French dinkeys.
From The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 by United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
