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rinky-tink, a. slang (chiefly U.S.).|ˈrɪŋkɪtɪŋk|
[Imitative: cf. prec. and tink int. and n.]
Designating a jazz or ragtime piano on which simple, repetitive tunes are played; tinkling, jangling. Cf. ricky-tick a.
1962E. Lucia Klondike Kate ii. 34 A rinky-tink piano or a scratchy gramophone had its intoxicating effect upon her. 1974News & Courier (Charleston, S. Carolina) 25 Apr. 5-a/1 Scott Joplin played his toe-tappers on a rinky-tink piano. 1975J. Gores Hammett (1976) i. 12 A rinky-tink piano was bashing out ‘Ja-Da’. |