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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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
"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
