Citations:dink

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English citations of dink

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  1. (pejorative) A North Vietnamese soldier.
    • 1990, Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried:
      Step out of line, hit a mine; follow the dink, you’re in the pink.
  2. (US) Double Income No Kids – a childless couple with two jobs.
    • 2008, Patricia Leigh Brown, “California Braces for ‘New Summer of Love’”, in The New York Times:
      […] California businesses are welcoming “the dinks” (double income, no kids) with open arms.
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