straight dinkum
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Variation of fair dinkum.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
straight dinkum (not comparable)
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Genuine, honest, fair and square.
- 1977, Katherine Mansfield, The Letters and Journals of Katherine Mansfield: A Selection, page 96:
- My precious, please don′t ever send me a penny of extra money. That is very straight dinkum.
Synonyms[edit]
- (genuine, honest): fair dinkum, square dinkum
Adverb[edit]
straight dinkum (not comparable)
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Truly, honestly.
- 1922, Katherine Mansfield, At The Bay[1]:
- “Say, cross my heart straight dinkum.”
- 1983, John Middleton Murry, The Letters of John Middleton Murry to Katherine Mansfield, page 178:
- This morning, I promise cross my heart straight Dinkum (is that right?) will be the last, the very last, of our awful moments.
- 1990, Norman Lindsay, edited by Keith Wingrove, Norman Lindsay on Art, Life, and Literature, page 41:
- […] she said scornfully, “One of the girls gave it to you. Tell me at once who it was.”
“Cripes, no, straight dinkum. I just picked it up.”
Synonyms[edit]
- (truly, honestly): fair dinkum, square dinkum