Lexicographical Neighbors of Dinkums
Literary usage of Dinkums
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Light and Shade in War by Malcolm Ross, Noël Ross (1916)
"Then came " The dinkums "—the true fighting men they called themselves—" din- kum
... There followed " The Super-dinkums," " The War Babies," and " The Hard ..."
2. Service with Fighting Men: An Account of the Work of the American Young Men by William Howard Taft (1922)
"Sixty soldiers were detailed for duty with 30 Y men at clearing stations in the
Palestinian advance. At Christmas, 1917, the dinkums (Australians) were ..."
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