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dinkum

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈdɪŋkəm/Sorted dikmnuStarts with DEnds with M0 clues
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Definitions

  1. Genuine, true, honest, on the level.

Word origin

Unknown. Earliest recorded use in the phrase fair dinkum in 1879, from Australia. Also recorded (slightly later) from Derbyshire and Lincolnshire dialect. Perhaps related to Gloucestershire dialect ding (“to work hard”).

Used in a sentence

  • Hon. Sir Ross McLarty: We were always dinkum. Mr. MAY: The ultimate result showed how dinkum the hon. member was.
  • The dinkum Aussie everyone talks about, almost always with a certain unreal sentimentality, is clearly a worker.
  • Larry's jeep was behind mine, and as I went past an intersection, I saw a lot of their chaps around a dinkum super Mark VI tank — p'raps a Mark VII or VIII. I didn't have a chance for a proper dinkum look-see, what?

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