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dinky-di
UK /dɪŋkiˈdʌɪ/ US /ˈdɪŋkiˈdɑi/
adj 4
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2ADJ.
fair
VERB + DINKY-DI
said
Definitions
adj
1
Genuine, true.
‘Is that dinky-die?’ he asked. ‘You came on to Australia because of me?’
Since Miss McKendry is a dinky-die Aussie with an accent thick as a kangaroo′s tail, she was hexed from the start.
2
Authentically Australian.
“Wonderful! By the time we′re old I'll be able to speak like an Australian.” “No way. You′ll never be dinky die. Your English is much too cultured. Just like you.”
‘Come and meet Sandor and Eva, and here is their son Miklos, all right, Michael he insists on being now, he is dinky-die as they say, a proper Australian, he even forgets how to speak Hungarian, he has just left school like you—[…].’
3
Honest, on the level.
And if you want my dinky-die advice, you′ll let me take you to the cops.
4
True blue, steadfastly loyal.
These men to whom I am referring are “dinky-die” diggers and patriots.
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‘Is that dinky-die?’ he asked. ‘You came on to Australia because of me?’
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Since Miss McKendry is a dinky-die Aussie with an accent thick as a kangaroo′s tail, she was hexed from the start.
Wiktionary03
‘I was nearly a doctor,’ she said. ‘Fair dinkum?’ ‘Dinky-di.’
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