"dinky-di" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Fanciful diminutive form of dinkum.",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1950, Nevil Shute, A Town Like Alice, published 2010, unnumbered page:",
          "text": "‘Is that dinky-die?’ he asked. ‘You came on to Australia because of me?’",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1962, Show: The Magazine of the Arts, volume 2, page 74:",
          "text": "Since Miss McKendry is a dinky-die Aussie with an accent thick as a kangaroo′s tail, she was hexed from the start.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 282:",
          "text": "‘I was nearly a doctor,’ she said.\n‘Fair dinkum?’\n‘Dinky-di.’",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1986, Tony Wheeler, Australia, A Travel Survival Kit, volume 4, page 43:",
          "text": "For real value for money there are a couple of dinky-die Australian eating places you should certainly try, though.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Genuine, true."
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      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "not-comparable",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Harry Blackley, Korean Rose, page 99:",
          "text": "“Wonderful! By the time we′re old I'll be able to speak like an Australian.”\n“No way. You′ll never be dinky die. Your English is much too cultured. Just like you.”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Madeleine St. John, The Women in Black, page 155:",
          "text": "‘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—[…].’",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Authentically Australian."
      ],
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        "(by extension) Authentically Australian."
      ],
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        "Australia",
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        "not-comparable",
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      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1959, Helen Marjorie Fowler, Hold a Bright Mirror, page 98:",
          "text": "And if you want my dinky-die advice, you′ll let me take you to the cops.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Honest, on the level."
      ],
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        ],
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          "on the level",
          "on the level"
        ]
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        "Australia",
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        {
          "ref": "1939, Australian Parliament, Parliamentary Debates, volume 162, page 1254:",
          "text": "These men to whom I am referring are “dinky-die” diggers and patriots.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "True blue, steadfastly loyal."
      ],
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          "steadfastly",
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          "loyal",
          "loyal"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɪŋkiˈdɑi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪŋkiˈdʌɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪŋkiˈdaɪ/",
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      "word": "dinky-die"
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  "word": "dinky-di"
}

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    "English slang",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
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  "etymology_text": "Fanciful diminutive form of dinkum.",
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        {
          "ref": "1950, Nevil Shute, A Town Like Alice, published 2010, unnumbered page:",
          "text": "‘Is that dinky-die?’ he asked. ‘You came on to Australia because of me?’",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1962, Show: The Magazine of the Arts, volume 2, page 74:",
          "text": "Since Miss McKendry is a dinky-die Aussie with an accent thick as a kangaroo′s tail, she was hexed from the start.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 282:",
          "text": "‘I was nearly a doctor,’ she said.\n‘Fair dinkum?’\n‘Dinky-di.’",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1986, Tony Wheeler, Australia, A Travel Survival Kit, volume 4, page 43:",
          "text": "For real value for money there are a couple of dinky-die Australian eating places you should certainly try, though.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Genuine, true."
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2009, Harry Blackley, Korean Rose, page 99:",
          "text": "“Wonderful! By the time we′re old I'll be able to speak like an Australian.”\n“No way. You′ll never be dinky die. Your English is much too cultured. Just like you.”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Madeleine St. John, The Women in Black, page 155:",
          "text": "‘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—[…].’",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Authentically Australian."
      ],
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        "(by extension) Authentically Australian."
      ],
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        "broadly",
        "not-comparable",
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        {
          "ref": "1959, Helen Marjorie Fowler, Hold a Bright Mirror, page 98:",
          "text": "And if you want my dinky-die advice, you′ll let me take you to the cops.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Honest, on the level."
      ],
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          "ref": "1939, Australian Parliament, Parliamentary Debates, volume 162, page 1254:",
          "text": "These men to whom I am referring are “dinky-die” diggers and patriots.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "True blue, steadfastly loyal."
      ],
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        [
          "True blue",
          "true blue"
        ],
        [
          "steadfastly",
          "steadfastly"
        ],
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          "loyal",
          "loyal"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɪŋkiˈdɑi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪŋkiˈdʌɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/dɪŋkiˈdaɪ/",
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dinkum"
    },
    {
      "word": "dinky-die"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dinky-di"
}