Definitions for dinkies

dinkies dink·y

Spelling: [ding-kee]
IPA: /ˈdɪŋ ki/

Dinkies is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 114 anagrams from letters in dinkies (deiikns).

Definitions for dinkies

noun

  1. dinkey.
  2. a small locomotive, especially with a switch engine.

adjective

  1. Informal. small, unimportant, unimpressive, or shabby:
  2. British Informal. fashionable; well dressed; smart.

Origin of dinkies

1780-90; compare Scots dink neatly dressed, trim (of obscure origin); sense shift perhaps: trim > dainty > small > insignificant; see -y1

Examples for dinkies

"That's my dinky little religion, dear old Miss Hamilton," said Bones.

I know more about artillery than half their dinky West Pointers.

dinky Bradford, sez I after thinkin a moment; but Im delegated to speak for him.

Why do you bother with a dinky office like the one you started out for?

I know you can kill that hawk up there; but not with that dinky little thing.

And the speed229 he gets out of that dinky little roadster is amazin'.

The dinky engine, with its train of flat-cars, was steaming toward him.

dinky, sez Badger-face, the only thing I got again you is your size.

Look at the legs, with the dinky pantalets—aren't they dreams?

You think that this tragedy has given you an opportunity to catapult you [sic] dinky blog and newspaper to new heights.

Word Value for dinkies
Scrable

13

Words with friends

13

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