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    dinkum
    /ˈdɪŋkəm/

    adjective

    • 1. (of an article or person) genuine, honest, true: "a real dinkum bloke"

    adverb

    • 1. really, truly, honestly.

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › dinkumDinkum Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of DINKUM is authentic, genuine —often used with fair. How to use dinkum in a sentence.

  3. www.dictionary.com › browse › dinkumDINKUM Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Dinkum definition: genuine; authentic.. See examples of DINKUM used in a sentence.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishFAIR DINKUM | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    straightforward. the straight and narrow idiom. transparency. upright. See more results » (Definition of fair dinkum from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of fair dinkum. fair dinkum. She uses phrases such as fair dinkum and wants to create a brand-new soccer team. From. Wikipedia.

  5. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › dinkumdinkum - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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    Unknown. Earliest recorded use in the phrase fair dinkum in 1879, from Australia. Also recorded (slightly later) from Derbyshire and Lincolnshire dialect. Perhaps related to Gloucestershire dialect ding (“to work hard”).

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    dinkum (comparative more dinkum, superlative most dinkum) 1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Genuine, true, honest, on the level. [From 1894] 1.1. 1956, parliamentary debates (Western Australian Parliament), page 2194: 1.1.1. Hon. Sir Ross McLarty: We were always dinkum. Mr. MAY: The ultimate result showed how dinkumthe hon. member was. 1.2. 1966, ...

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    dinkum (uncountable) 1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang, rare, obsolete) Hard work. [From 1882] 2. (Australia, New Zealand, slang, dated) Truth. 2.1. 1917, Ralph Albert Parlette, The Lyceum magazine‎, volume 27, page 20: 2.1.1. You look real jockey — thats' the dinkum.

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    Michael Quinion (2004), “Dinkum”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.

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  6. www.thefreedictionary.com › dinkumDinkum - definition of dinkum by The Free Dictionary

    adj. 1. genuine or right: a dinkum bloke. 2. fair dinkum genuine or true: used to emphasize the truth of something or in asking for the truth of something to be confirmed: Back to the states? Fair dinkum?. 3. dinkum oil archaic the truth. [C19: from English dialect: work, of unknown origin]

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDINKUM definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    3 meanings: Australian and New Zealand informal 1. genuine or right 2. → See fair dinkum 3. → See dinkum oil.... Click for more definitions.

  8. www.oed.com › dictionary › dinkum_ndinkum, n., adj., & adv. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford...

    Oct 3, 2023 · An Australian or New Zealand soldier in the First World War (1914–18); an Anzac; spec. (frequently in plural, with the) a member of either the New Zealand Rifle Brigade or the 2nd Division of the Australian Imperial Forces. Also occasionally more generally: an Australian or New Zealander. Now historical and rare. 1916.