"dinkus" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From dinky (“tiny and cute”). The word was coined by an artist on the Australian periodical, The Bulletin, in the 1920s.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dinkuses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dinkus (plural dinkuses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A small drawing or artwork used for decoration in a magazine or periodical."
      ],
      "id": "en-dinkus-en-noun-ZduLcqWx",
      "links": [
        [
          "magazine",
          "magazine"
        ],
        [
          "periodical",
          "periodical"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Typography",
          "orig": "en:Typography",
          "parents": [
            "Printing",
            "Writing",
            "Industries",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Business",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Sciences"
          ],
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: asterism"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 January 31, Elisabeth Ribbans, “The perils of using journalist jargon outside the newsroom”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "More generally a dinkus is a small ornamentation, usually three asterisks, that break up sections of a book chapter, article or other written text.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small ornament, usually a line of three asterisks (* * *), especially for the purpose of breaking up sections of a chapter, article, or other text."
      ],
      "id": "en-dinkus-en-noun-dBxV0Txq",
      "links": [
        [
          "typography",
          "typography"
        ],
        [
          "ornament",
          "ornament"
        ],
        [
          "asterisks",
          "asterisks"
        ],
        [
          "* * *",
          "* * *"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(typography) A small ornament, usually a line of three asterisks (* * *), especially for the purpose of breaking up sections of a chapter, article, or other text."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "typography"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
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      "word": "dingus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dinkus"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for date"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From dinky (“tiny and cute”). The word was coined by an artist on the Australian periodical, The Bulletin, in the 1920s.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dinkuses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dinkus (plural dinkuses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A small drawing or artwork used for decoration in a magazine or periodical."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "magazine",
          "magazine"
        ],
        [
          "periodical",
          "periodical"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Typography"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: asterism"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 January 31, Elisabeth Ribbans, “The perils of using journalist jargon outside the newsroom”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "More generally a dinkus is a small ornamentation, usually three asterisks, that break up sections of a book chapter, article or other written text.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small ornament, usually a line of three asterisks (* * *), especially for the purpose of breaking up sections of a chapter, article, or other text."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "typography",
          "typography"
        ],
        [
          "ornament",
          "ornament"
        ],
        [
          "asterisks",
          "asterisks"
        ],
        [
          "* * *",
          "* * *"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(typography) A small ornament, usually a line of three asterisks (* * *), especially for the purpose of breaking up sections of a chapter, article, or other text."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "typography"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dingus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dinkus"
}

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