Dinky vs Dingy - What's the difference?
dinky | dingy |
(informal, British) Tiny and cute; small and attractive.
* 1915 , Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of the Island ,
* 2010 , Sharon Wallace, A House Full of Whispers ,
(informal, US) Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable.
Double income, no kids yet. Said of a relationship.
drab; shabby; dirty; squalid
(rfv-sense) Penis.
As adjectives the difference between dinky and dingy
is that dinky is (informal|british) tiny and cute; small and attractive while dingy is drab; shabby; dirty; squalid.As an acronym dinky
is double income, no kids yet said of a relationship.As a noun dingy is
penis or dingy can be .dinky
English
Adjective
(er)- How do you like my hat? That one you had on in church yesterday was real dinky .
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- I played in the dirt with a small dinky car as the garage held no fascination for a little girl of five.
- They stayed in a dinky hotel room, but they had a great trip.
Synonyms
* See alsoAcronym
(Acronym) (head)Anagrams
*dingy
English
Etymology 1
From English dialectal (Kentish) . http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=dingy&searchmode=noneAdjective
(er)Synonyms
* (drab) dismal, drab, dreary, gloomy, grimyAntonyms
* (drab) bright, cleanDerived terms
* dingily * dinginessNoun
(head)Etymology 2
Noun
(dingies)- (Charles Dickens)