English abbreviation dictionary - dinky
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~1 adj 1 BrE informal small and attractive (What a dinky little cottage!) 2 AmE small and not very nice (It was a really dinky hotel room.) ~2 n BrE a dink ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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1. If you describe something as dinky, you mean that it is attractive and appealing, usually because it is quite small and well-designed. (BRIT INFORMAL) Darby drove a dinky old Fiat sports car. ADJ c darkgreen]approval 2. If you describe something as dinky, you mean that it is small and unimportant. (AM INFORMAL) The hotels are full up, and the guests have had to go to this dinky little motel way out on Stewart Avenue. ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective (dinkier; -est) Etymology: Scots dink neat Date: 1880 overly or unattractively small drives a ~ little car; also British attractively small ; cute ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. adj. (dinkier, dinkiest) colloq. 1 Brit. colloq. (esp. of a thing) neat and attractive; small, dainty. 2 US trifling, insignificant. Etymology: Sc. dink neat, trim, of unkn. orig. 2. n. (pl. -ies) 1 a well-off young working couple with no children. 2 either partner of this. Etymology: contr. of double income no kids + -Y(2) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. разг. нарядный, изящный; привлекательный a dinky little hat —- изящная шляпка 2. разг. миниатюрный 3. ам. сл. дрянной ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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