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How to use dinkum in a sentence

10 example sentences · adjective, noun

Dinkum means genuine, true, honest, on the level. Example: “Fair dinkum! Will you stop yabbering at me?”

Examples of dinkum by meaning

adjectiveGenuine, true, honest, on the level.

  • The dinkum Aussie everyone talks about, almost always with a certain unreal sentimentality, is clearly a worker.1966, Craig McGregor, Profile of Australia, page 21
  • Larry's jeep was behind mine, and as I went past an intersection, I saw a lot of their chaps around a dinkum super Mark VI tank — p'raps a Mark VII or VIII.2004, A. J. Liebling, Direction: Paris: Mollie and Other War Pieces, page 242

nounTruth.

  • You look real jockey — thats' the dinkum.1917, Ralph Albert Parlette, The Lyceum magazine, volume 27, page 20

More sentences with dinkum

  • Fair dinkum! Will you stop yabbering at me?From the entry yabber
  • Fair dinkum, I'm being straight up with you now, I could have hit him.1995, Edward Berridge, The Lives of the Saints, page 33. From the entry fair dinkum
  • Fair dinkum, a man ought to give you a job in the b— face.1937 October 14, The Western Mail, Perth. From the entry job
  • Kevin, fair dinkum mate, you've got to put your boot into the ball, you're too slow to do all this finessin'.2004, Sally Warhaft, Well May We Say: The Speeches That Made Australia, page 466. From the entry fair dinkum
  • I only gave her a bit of a smack on the chops, we didn't get around to the fair dinkum article!1968, Barrie Humphries, The wonderful World of Barry McKenzie, page 12. From the entry come the raw prawn
  • We get the dinkum oil off him.1930, Lennie Lower, Here's Luck, page 59. From the entry dinkum oil
  • “Say, cross my heart straight dinkum.”1922, Katherine Mansfield, At The Bay. From the entry straight dinkum

Meaning of dinkum

  1. adjective Genuine, true, honest, on the level.
  2. noun Hard work.
  3. noun Truth.

Full definition of dinkum

Questions about dinkum in a sentence

How do you use dinkum in a sentence?
Dinkum is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “Fair dinkum! Will you stop yabbering at me?”
What is a short sentence with dinkum?
““Say, cross my heart straight dinkum.””
What does dinkum mean?
Dinkum means genuine, true, honest, on the level.

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