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单词 dinky
释义
dinkydin‧ky /ˈdɪŋki/ adjective informal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINdinky
Origin:
1700-1800 Scottish English dink ‘neat’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • I can't believe they charge $8.95 for this dinky salad!
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Forget Colonel Mustard with his dinky old lead pipe in the library.
  • Hotchkis's dinky ad budget translates into low annual fees.
  • It was a little like those dinky almshouse squares you sometimes see from a bus and wish you could live in.
1 British English small and attractive:  a dinky little bag2American English too small and often not very nice:  It was a really dinky hotel room.
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