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单词 dinky
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dinky

adjective
/ˈdɪŋki/
/ˈdɪŋki/
(informal)
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  1. (British English, approving) small and neat in an attractive way
    • What a dinky little hat!
  2. (North American English, disapproving) too small
    • I grew up in a dinky little town that didn't even have a movie theater.
  3. Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Scots and northern English dialect dink ‘neat, trim’, of unknown origin.

dinky

noun
/ˈdɪŋki/
/ˈdɪŋki/
(plural dinkies)
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  1. (informal, humorous) one of a couple who have a lot of money to spend because both partners work and they have no children. The word was formed from the first letters of 'double income, no kids'.
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