- dinky
- adjective
(dinkier; -est)
Etymology: Scots dink neat
Date: 1880
overly or unattractively small <drives a dinky little car>; also British attractively small ; cute
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Dinky — may refer to: Dinky Duck, a toon by Terrytoons Dinky Toys, a brand of die cast toy vehicles Dinky Bingham, a musician and music producer DINKY, Double Income No Kids Yet, refers to people that are in relationship/married but have no children and… … Wikipedia
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Dinky — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Dinky, dink o también dinki es un término acuñado en los años 1980 proveniente de las siglas inglesas double income; no kids yet (sueldo doble sin hijos). Se refiere a un hecho social relativamente reciente en el… … Wikipedia Español
DINKY — is an acronym and can stand for any of the following: Dual (or double) income, no kids. Dual (or double) income, no kids yet. Dual (or double) income, no kids yuppie. DINKY is occasionally used (in the UK, Canada, India, and China) to describe a… … Wikipedia
Dinky — Dinky, o también dinki es una palabra proveniente de las siglas inglesas double income; no kids yet (sueldo doble sin hijos) … Enciclopedia Universal
dinky — 1788 neat, trim, dainty, small, from Scottish dialectal dink finely dressed, trim (c.1500), of unknown origin. Modern sense is 1850s … Etymology dictionary
dinky — [adj] tiny, small bush league*, dainty, insignificant, lesser, Lilliputian, mini, miniature, minor, minor league*, neat, petite, secondary, second rate*, small fry*, small time*, trim; concept 789 Ant. big, huge, large … New thesaurus
dinky — ► ADJECTIVE (dinkier, dinkiest) Brit. informal ▪ attractively small and neat. ORIGIN from Scots and northern English dialect dink «neat, trim» … English terms dictionary
dinky — ☆ dinky [diŋ′kē] adj. dinkier, dinkiest [< Scot dink, finely dressed, trim] Informal small and unimportant; of no consequence n. pl. dinkies DINKEY … English World dictionary
Dinky® — /dingˈki/ noun Any of a range of small toy model vehicles (also adjective) … Useful english dictionary
