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dinkey

American

[ding-kee] / ˈdɪŋ ki /

Or dinky

noun

plural

dinkeys

a small locomotive, especially with a switch engine.

Etymology

Origin of dinkey

1840–50; noun use of dinky; -ey ²

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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)

Below lay the chaotic construction camp buried in silence and in darkness save for the lighted windows of the dinkey.

From A Fool for Love by Lynde, Francis

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

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