dinky-di

Adjective

dinky-di (not comparable)

1. (Australia, slang) Genuine, true.
   • ‘Is that dinky-die?’ he asked. ‘You came on to Australia because of me?’1950, Nevil Shute, A Town Like Alice, published 2010, unnumbered page
   • Since Miss McKendry is a dinky-die Aussie with an accent thick as a kangaroo′s tail, she was hexed from the start.1962, Show: The Magazine of the Arts, volume 2, page 74
2. (Australia, broadly, slang) Authentically Australian.
   • “Wonderful! By the time we′re old I'll be able to speak like an Australian.”
     “No way. You′ll never be dinky die. Your English is much too cultured. Just like you.”2009, Harry Blackley, Korean Rose, page 99
   • ‘Come and meet Sandor and Eva, and here is their son Miklos, all right, Michael he insists on being now, he is dinky-die as they say, a proper Australian, he even forgets how to speak Hungarian, he has just left school like you—[…].’2009, Madeleine St. John, The Women in Black, page 155
3. (Australia, slang) Honest, on the level.
   • And if you want my dinky-die advice, you′ll let me take you to the cops.1959, Helen Marjorie Fowler, Hold a Bright Mirror, page 98
4. (Australia, slang) True blue, steadfastly loyal.
   • These men to whom I am referring are “dinky-die” diggers and patriots.1939, Australian Parliament, Parliamentary Debates, volume 162, page 1254