ridgy-didge
ridgy-didge adjective: genuine, authentic, true; honest, upright.
Adjective
ridgy-didge (comparative more ridgy-didge, superlative most ridgy-didge)
- Genuine, authentic, true; honest, upright.
- Are you ridgy-didge? - Do you really mean that? Are you telling the truth?
- ‘Colin Reeves,’ I said. ‘He′s ridgy-didge, is he?’
‘Yeah, young Reeves is solid,’ Bob said. ‘Straight up and down. Although you′d never know it from the way he looks these days . . .’2003, Gabrielle Lord, Lethal Factor, published 2010, unnumbered page
- Synonyms:
- dinkum, dinky-die, fair dinkum, for real
- Good, fine.
- Sit them in the dam, wait for the fire to pass over, everything will be ridgy-didge.2001, Bryce Courtenay, Four Fires, Volume 1, 2010, Large print edition, page 278
- ‘[…]I don′t know if I would have managed a commission. I don′t know if I was bright enough for that. But I was a pretty ridgy-didge soldier.’2004, John Little, Down to the Sea, published 2012, unnumbered page
Synonyms of ridgy-didge
- dinkum
- dinky-die
- fair dinkum
- for real
Forms of ridgy-didge
| comparative | more ridgy-didge |
|---|---|
| superlative | most ridgy-didge |
| alternative form | ridgy didge |
Origin of ridgy-didge
Fanciful diminutive of obsolete ridge (“real; used in reference to gold”). Australian from 1953.
Questions about ridgy-didge
- What does ridgy-didge mean?
- Ridgy-didge means genuine, authentic, true; honest, upright.
- What part of speech is ridgy-didge?
- Ridgy-didge is an adjective.
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