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dinky

[ding-kee] / ˈdɪŋ ki /


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"Some of them are really quite small and dinky if you like, so they might be some of the younger beavers that have been doing that."

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

But in this reversal of fortune, he is the largest opponent, taking it upon himself to defend a dinky innocent from a herd of hunters dwarfed by his size but much larger than the cricket.

From Salon Feb. 1, 2026

Foy notes that he gets the biggest spuds he can source: “I don’t give out dinky potatoes,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 30, 2025

There will be dozens of other dinky parochial interests from individual members to tend to as well, but that’s standard.

From Slate May 17, 2025

She and Mister Leefolt don’t belong to no swim club, not even the dinky Broadmoore pool.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

As a child Mr Kinchen was bought a couple of pre-war dinkies as a child, which sparked his enthusiasm for the miniature vehicles, Mr Motley said.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2016

Gently the paddle was wielded, and the little “punkin-seed of a boat,” as the boys sometimes termed the dinkies, was noiselessly wafted shoreward.

From Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence by Arundel, Louis

I saw two lads in little dinkies like that one yonder, fishing over by the long island, and guessed that possibly they belonged to your party.”

From Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence by Arundel, Louis

The fruits of that success are a newly discovered asteroid—an even dinkier Dinky, as it were—and a host of puzzles to solve.

From Scientific American Nov. 3, 2023

The big outer space effects shots of “USS Callister” look professional-grade, and not even relative to TV’s dinkier standards.

From The Verge Oct. 9, 2017

"I don't know which is the dinkier," she observed finally, "—owning a few little acres and the team you're driving, or not owning any acres and driving a team somebody else owns for wages."

From The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack

Joe Montana’s shoulder pads were the dinkiest you’ve ever seen.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 19, 2019

In fact, I found out since then that it really was a garage once, until somebody changed it into the world’s dinkiest house.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli

These were the dinkiest owls that Officer Delinko had.ever seen—only eight or nine inches tall.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

Oh! there’s the dinkiest little baby with a brown face.

From The Island Mystery by Birmingham, George A.




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