dinkyadjective
uk/ˈdɪŋ.ki/us/ˈdɪŋ.ki/informalsmall:
UK approving She's got dinky little (= small and charming) feet.
US disapproving They live in a dinky one-room apartment.
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Small
- baby
- bijou
- bite-sized
- claustrophobic
- compact
- diminutive
- elfin
- mini
- modest
- petite
- pint-sized
- pocket handkerchief
- pocket-sized
- poky
- portable
- pygmy
- side
- skimpy
- undersized
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dinkynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdɪŋ.ki/us/ˈdɪŋ.ki/abbreviation for double income no kids yet: a member of a young couple in which both partners earn a lot of money and are able to spend it on themselves because they have no children:
This area is too expensive for most people to live in, but it's particularly popular with dinkies.
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Class & class-consciousness in general
- arriviste
- bougie
- bourgeois
- class struggle
- class-conscious
- Hooray Henry
- inverted snob
- lower class
- lowest common denominator
- marry
- prole
- proletarian
- riff-raff
- Sloane Ranger
- snob
- underclass
- untouchable
- upper class
- upwardly mobile
- well bred
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