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Crummy vs Dingy - What's the difference?

crummy | dingy |

As adjectives the difference between crummy and dingy

is that crummy is (informal) bad; poor while dingy is drab; shabby; dirty; squalid.

As nouns the difference between crummy and dingy

is that crummy is small van, bus, or railway car used to transport loggers or other resource workers to and from the worksite a common term when referring to a vehicle with a compartment separate from the cab, housing the silvicultural, logging or mining crew during transport while dingy is penis or dingy can be .

crummy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (informal) bad; poor
    • Do not bother buying crummy knives if you are serious about cooking.
  • (dated) Full of crumb or crumbs; crumby.
  • (dated) Soft, like the crumb of bread; not crusty.

    • Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "crummy" (bad, poor) is often applied: job, weather, hotel, thing, town, life, movie, food, world, school, idea, person.

    Noun

    (crummies)
  • Small van, bus, or railway car used to transport loggers or other resource workers to and from the worksite. A common term when referring to a vehicle with a compartment separate from the cab, housing the silvicultural, logging or mining crew during transport.
    • Regional English

    dingy

    English

    Etymology 1

    From English dialectal (Kentish) . http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=dingy&searchmode=none

    Adjective

    (er)
  • drab; shabby; dirty; squalid
    • Synonyms
    * (drab) dismal, drab, dreary, gloomy, grimy
    Antonyms
    * (drab) bright, clean
    Derived terms
    * dingily * dinginess

    Noun

    (head)
  • (rfv-sense) Penis.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (dingies)
    • (Charles Dickens)

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