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Definition of Dinky
1. Adjective. Small and insignificant. "We stayed in a dinky old hotel"
2. Noun. A small locomotive.
3. Adjective. (British informal) pretty and neat. "What a dinky little hat"
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Similar to: Attractive
Definition of Dinky
1. Adjective. (informal British) Tiny and cute; small and attractive. ¹
2. Adjective. (informal US) Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable. ¹
3. Acronym. Double income, no kids yet. Said of a relationship. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dinky
1. small [n -KIES] - See also: small
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dinky
Literary usage of Dinky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report on the Big Trees of California by United States Forest Service (1900)
"dinky AND MERCED GROVES. Very little reliable information is obtainable at ...
The dinky Grove is located on dinky Creek, one of the north tributaries of ..."
2. Discoveries in Every-day Europe: Vagrant Notes of a Rapid Journey by Don Carlos Seitz (1907)
"The Paris policeman in his cap and dinky little cloak is a sad affair, while the
London bobby is the least of all in looks or uniform. ..."
3. The Treasury of Natural History, Or, A Popular Dictionary of Animated Nature by Samuel Maunder (1852)
"... the head is small and flat, the crown white, marked with oblong dinky •nout
to the end of the tall, the latter being nearly half the length of the body. ..."
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