dinky-di
Britishadjective
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Origin of dinky-di
C20: from dinkum
Example Sentences
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“The larrikin trade union leader who perhaps had sufficient common sense and intelligence to tone down his larrikinism to some extent and behave in a way that a prime minister should if he’s going to be a proper representative of his people, but who, in the end, is essentially a dinky-di Australian.”
From Washington Post
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