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dinky
[ ding-kee ]
/ ˈdɪŋ ki /
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adjective, dink·i·er, dink·i·est.
Informal. small, unimportant, unimpressive, or shabby: We stayed in a dinky old hotel.
British Informal. fashionable; well dressed; smart.
noun, plural dink·ies.
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Origin of dinky
1780–90; compare Scots dink neatly dressed, trim (of obscure origin); sense shift perhaps: trim > dainty > small > insignificant; see -y1
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dinky
/ (ˈdɪŋkɪ) /
adjective dinkier or dinkiest informal
British small and neat; dainty
US inconsequential; insignificant
Word Origin for dinky
C18 (in the sense: dainty): from dink
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