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dinkum oil

dinkum oil noun: the truth.

Noun

dinkum oil (uncountable)

  1. (Australia, slang) The truth.
    • We get the dinkum oil off him. He knows all the jockeys and trainers and everything.1930, Lennie Lower, Here's Luck, page 59
    Synonyms:
    good oil

Synonyms of dinkum oil

Questions about dinkum oil

What does dinkum oil mean?
Dinkum oil means the truth.
What part of speech is dinkum oil?
Dinkum oil is a noun.

Words near dinkum oil in the dictionary

  1. dinkle
  2. dinkles
  3. Dinkoism
  4. dinks
  5. dinkum
  6. dinkum oil
  7. dinkus
  8. dinkuses
  9. dinky
  10. dinky-di
  11. dinlo

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