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tinkle-down en · ADJ
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(not-comparable) Modification of the term "trickle-down" to criticize what is felt to be the failings of the latter, with implication that what might be passed down from the rich to the poor is minimal or undesirable.
It’s called “Tinkle Down Economics,” how prosperity gets passed on to the deserving, who should never look up during these troubled times.
2018 November, Ed Spivey Jr., “Deep Breath...”, in Sojourners:America has been practicing “tinkle-down” economics for years, and it has failed us.
2008 August 22, Jim Hightower, “More Tinkle-down Economics”, in Texas Observer: