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dink |
dinka |
dinkey |
dinky
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| dinner bell
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| dinner dress
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dinky
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun dinky has 1 sense
- dinky(n = noun.artifact) dinkey - a small locomotive; Array is a kind of engine, locomotive, locomotive engine, railway locomotive
Adjective dinky has 2 senses
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dinky, adj. (dinkier, dinkiest) colloq.
1 Brit. colloq. (esp. of a thing) neat and attractive; small, dainty.
2 US trifling, insignificant.
1 Brit. colloq. (esp. of a thing) neat and attractive; small, dainty.
2 US trifling, insignificant.
dinky, n. (pl. -ies)
1 a well-off young working couple with no children.
2 either partner of this.
1 a well-off young working couple with no children.
2 either partner of this.
Etymology
contr. of double income no kids + -Y(2)
THESAURUS
dinky
anal, back-burner, cramped, dispensable, exiguous, half-pint, immaterial, inappreciable, inconsequential, inconsiderable, inessential, inferior, insignificant, irrelevant, knee-high, lesser, limited, little, minor, minute, neat, negligible, nonessential, not vital, one-horse, petit, petite, piddling, pindling, pint-sized, poky, puny, secondary, shipshape, short, sleek, slick, slight, small, small-fry, small-time, smallish, smart, snug, spruce, technical, tidy, tight, trig, trim, two-by-four, unessential, unimpressive, unnoteworthy, well-cared-for, well-groomed
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