1. to convey as a second person on a horse, bicycle, or motorcycle. --noun 2. a ride obtained from being dinkied. Compare bar2, dink, dinky-double, donkey1, double, dub, pug. Contributor's comments: [Adelaide informant] Definitley a donkey when I was a kid.
dinky-di (not comparable) (Australia, slang) Genuine, true. quotations ▼ (by extension) Authentically Australian. quotations ▼
: overly or unattractively small.
In Australia, it is by far most common for people to say rubbish. Trash is a very American term. As for the container, the one in the house = rubbish bin. The one outside the house we also tend to call rubbish bin or wheelie bin, because in Australia they come with wheels.
dinky (comparative dinkier, superlative dinkiest) (informal, Britain) Tiny and cute; small and attractive.
In 1933, Frank Hornby, who incidentally invented Meccano and made Hornby Trains, introduced toy cars to go with his 0-gauge toy railways. The first set, the 22 series, appeared in 1933 under the name 'Modelled Miniatures', but from 1934 they were called Dinky Toys. The word dinky means 'neat, trim, dainty'.
"DINKY" means "double income, no kids yet", implying that the couple in question is childless only temporarily and intends to have children later, rather than eschewing having children entirely.
Why do Australians call sweets “lollies”, even when they have no sticks? According to British English from A to Zed by Norman Schur (Harper, 1991) “lolly” derives onomatopoetically for the mouth sounds associated with sucking or licking. The word “lollipop” came later.
Chook: A chicken. In the show, it's wonderfully used in the phrase “made you look, you dirty chook.” See also: “Bin chicken,” an uncharitable name for the ibis, a bird whose long beak can make quick work of a rubbish bin.
The dunny was originally any outside toilet. In cities and towns the pan-type dunny was emptied by the dunny man, who came round regularly with his dunny cart. Dunny can now be used for any toilet. The word comes from British dialect dunnekin meaning an 'earth closet, (outside) privy' from dung + ken 'house'.
A highly uncoordinated or conspicuosly stupid person: He/She is such a gimp (as he/she falls over). Contributor's comments: This word has gained a fair amount of prominence around Sydney, from Lane Cove to the inner west, undoubtedly.
synonyms for dinky
On this page you'll find 34 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dinky, such as: dainty, lilliputian, mini, miniature, minor, and petite.
'Dinky' is an informal word meaning 'very small'. The interesting thing is that there is a difference between British and American usages. For BrE speakers, the word has a positive connotation - something which is 'dinky' is attractive, dainty, or cleverly made.
Sheila = Girl
Yes, that is the Australian slang for girl.
2. sheila – woman or female.
Muffin Cupcake Heeler is Bluey's four-year-old younger cousin who is right in the middle of an awkward but normal part of childhood development known as being a "threenager".
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A blue is a fight, dispute or row. You can bung on a blue, stack on a blue or turn on a blue. The slang word has been around since the 1940s and is used to refer to everything from fisticuffs at the pub to a brawl on the footy field.
Pearson has credited the decision of Bluey and Bingo being girls to resemble the real families of Brumm, Aspinwall and McCormack.
That being said, let's start with something most of us will probably have sitting in the fridge or pantry: ketchup. Ketchup is underrated. We call it tomato sauce in Australia. Or just “sauce”.
traps, trappers or jacks – police. These Australianisms have been largely replaced by the international cops, coppers, pigs or bacon. However the older, more affectionate wallopers is also still used.
Definition. In Australia, chips can refer to 'hot' chips; fried strips of potato. Chips also refer to what are known in other countries as crisps.
The Gap Girls is a recurring sketch on SNL. It's about three girls name Cindy Crawford, Christy Henderson and Lucy Brawn that work at Gap but they don't take their job seriously. The three girls would joke around and have fun. They would even ignore customers, talk about their problems with boys and dating.
outmoded or shabby; backward; antiquated: a rinky-dink airline. noun. a person or thing that is rinky-dink.
Definitions of pinky. the finger farthest from the thumb. synonyms: little finger, pinkie. type of: minimus. the fifth digit; the little finger or little toe.
British Informal. fashionable; well dressed; smart. noun, plural dink·ies. dinkey.