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US
/ˈdɪŋki/
]
[ UK /dˈɪŋki/ ]
[ UK /dˈɪŋki/ ]
NOUN
- a small locomotive
ADJECTIVE
-
(British informal) pretty and neat
what a dinky little hat -
small and unimpressive
an insignificant sum of money
we stayed in a dinky old hotel
How To Use dinky In A Sentence
- A fascinator, for those of you who have been living in a cardboard box under the stairs for the past six months, is a dinky little head piece that is set to knock the traditional big race day hats into a cocked hat this year.
- Despite the fact that a Dinky toy car can fetch many times more than its real life counterpart, it is still possible to find bargains.
- If I hadn't loved Dinky-Dunk, fondly, foolishly, abandonedly, there would have been no little Dinkie and Poppsy and Pee-Wee. The Prairie Mother
- The screw driver is mightier than the sword, hey, Dink?" called the irrepressible Roy, as Dinky hurried away into the darkness. Tom Slade with the Colors
- It is fair to say the only Porsche I could have afforded would have been a dinky toy.
- We drove over and found a somewhat dinky little dirt park adjoining a railroad track.
- I undid the paper and stuffed in Dinky cars, Transformers and some of my favourite Star Wars figures.
- Are we going to be living in some small, dinky shack with no running water and a cast iron cauldron for cooking?
- From the dinky tin the adherent would peel back the paper lid and remove several spoonfuls of the inert powder, add tapwater, stir and watch in amazement as a lurid froth began to bubble away.
- Of course I mean more than a small dinky deposit, anyone with some geological training or even studying can figure out probable areas where there might be a deposit.