straight dinkum
straight dinkum adjective: genuine, honest, fair and square.
Adjective
straight dinkum (not comparable)
- Genuine, honest, fair and square.
- My precious, please don′t ever send me a penny of extra money. That is very straight dinkum.1977, Katherine Mansfield, The Letters and Journals of Katherine Mansfield: A Selection, page 96
- Synonyms:
- fair dinkum, square dinkum
Adverb
straight dinkum (not comparable)
- Truly, honestly.
- “Say, cross my heart straight dinkum.”1922, Katherine Mansfield, At The Bay
- This morning, I promise cross my heart straight Dinkum (is that right?) will be the last, the very last, of our awful moments.1983, John Middleton Murry, The Letters of John Middleton Murry to Katherine Mansfield, page 178
- Synonyms:
- fair dinkum, square dinkum
Synonyms of straight dinkum
- fair dinkum
- square dinkum
Origin of straight dinkum
Variation of fair dinkum.
Questions about straight dinkum
- What does straight dinkum mean?
- Straight dinkum means genuine, honest, fair and square.
- What part of speech is straight dinkum?
- Straight dinkum can be an adjective or an adverb.
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