[ US /ˈdɪŋki/ ]
[ UK /dˈɪŋki/ ]
NOUN
  1. a small locomotive
ADJECTIVE
  1. (British informal) pretty and neat
    what a dinky little hat
  2. small and unimpressive
    an insignificant sum of money
    we stayed in a dinky old hotel
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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.
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