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dinkum, n. and a. dial. and colloq. (chiefly Austral. and N.Z.).|ˈdɪŋkəm|
Also dincum.
[Origin unknown.]
A. n.
1. Work; esp. hard work; a due share of work.
1888‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms v, It took us an hour's hard dinkum to get near the peak. 1891S. O. Addy Suppl. Sheffield Gloss. 18 ‘I can stand plenty o' dincum.’ This word is used by colliers at Eckington. 1900Wright Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v., You have gotten to do your dinkum, soä you understand. 1941Baker Dict. Austral. Slang. 23 Dinkum, hard work or honest toil.
†2. An Australian; spec. an Australian soldier in the war of 1914–18 (see also quot. 19192). Obs.
1919[see Aussie n. and a. 1]. 1919Downing Digger Dial. 19 Dinkums (the), the 2nd Division. Also applied to the New Zealanders.
3. = dinkum oil (see sense B, and cf. fair dinkum).
1916Anzac Bk. 56 A friend met me and asked if I had heard the latest dinkum. 1933Bulletin (Sydney) 22 Feb. 34 First time I have a cert I'll pass the dinkum to you.
B. adj. Honest, genuine, real; as adv., honestly. Phr. fair dinkum (or square dinkum, straight dinkum) dinkum, fair and square, honest; as advb. phr., honestly, genuinely; interrog., really?, is that so? Also dinkum oil, the honest truth, true facts. Cf. dial. ‘fair dinkum! fair play’ (see quot. 1900).
1894Bulletin (Sydney) 5 May 13/3 ‘And did yer stouch him back?’ ‘No.’.. ‘Fair dinkum?’ ‘Yes.’ 1895A. A. Grace Maoriland Stories 105 Well it ain't goin' to be honest injun, that's plain; not what I call square dinkum. 1900Wright Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v., Fair dinkum! fair play! n. Lin[colnshire]. 1906E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands vi. 64 ‘Meanin'?’ he pointed to the centre of his breast, and his eyes were round with inquiry. ‘Fair dinkum,’ telegraphed Linda. 1911L. Stone Jonah i. ix. 106 ‘I don't run after people I don't want,’ said Pinkey, smiling through her tears. ‘Fair dinkum?’ cried Chook. 1916Anzac Bk. 22/2 'Ere's some er the dinkum coc'nut ice the tart useter make. 1916C. J. Dennis Ginger Mick 87 That's the dinkum oil frum Ginger Mick. 1919V. Marshall World of Living Dead 36 This was the dinkum stuff—straight from one of the heads. 1921Spectator 5 Feb. 169/1 This, as we Australians say, is ‘dinkum’. 1922[see cross v. 3 b]. 1925Spectator 21 Nov. 930/1 Every ‘dinkum Bushman’. 1927R. Rees Life's what you make It iii. 177 ‘What does dinkum mean?’ ‘You've been in New Zealand for months and months and you don't know what dinkum means? It's good, excellent, superlatively fine, genuine, not faked. That's what dinkum is.’ 1927Weekly Dispatch 23 Oct. 2/5 Real dinkum Australians..knew..that wombats can't fly. 1930A. Groom Merry Christmas iii. 21 I'll strike a dinkum business deal with you—fair and square. 1934Punch 24 Oct. 454/3 Indeed I am a bit wounded that you [sc. Melbourne] did not invite me to come and open the new century for you. I would have made a dinkum speech for you. 1937N. Marsh Vintage Murder vii. 73 Give you a pain in the neck, dinkum, she would. 1942C. Barrett On Wallaby iii. 43 Mobs of [goanas], mister. They was twelve foot long. Square dinkum. 1944F. Clune Red Heart 42 The Simpson Desert..is the only fair-dinkum desert in Australia. 1944J. H. Fullarton Troop Target ii. 18 Anyway there's no dinkum oil. Only latrinograms..it may be all hooey. 1957‘N. Shute’ On Beach iv. 111 He's dinkum, and she's not a bad sort. 1969Private Eye 6 June 14 ‘Here's fifty pounds down.’.. ‘Are you fair dinkum? I can do with the oscar.’ 1969Sun (Melbourne) 12 July 58/1 Fair dinkum, North's been waiting so long for its ship to come in, the pier's collapsed. |