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straight dinkum en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

Variation of fair dinkum.

Meanings

  1. (Australia, New-Zealand, not-comparable, slang) 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

square dinkum (genuine, honest) · fair dinkum (genuine, honest)

straight dinkum en · ADV

Pronunciation

Etymology

Variation of fair dinkum.

Meanings

  1. (Australia, New-Zealand, not-comparable, slang) Truly, honestly.
    • […]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.” 1990, Norman Lindsay, edited by Keith Wingrove, Norman Lindsay on Art, Life, and Literature, page 41:
    • “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 (truly, honestly) · square dinkum (truly, honestly)