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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

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)

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

I'm to teach a Bible class and pass out dinkey little reward-of-merit cards to the prize pupils!

From The Henchman by Luther, Mark Lee

In the nature of things the tea-drinking in the stuffy "dinkey" drawing-room was not prolonged.

From A Fool for Love by Lynde, Francis

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