Dinky vs Cramped - What's the difference?
dinky | cramped | Related terms |
(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.
(cramp)
Uncomfortably restricted in size, or financially.
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*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
Overcrowded or congested.
Tight because of or like suffering a cramp.
Illegible.
Dinky is a related term of cramped.
As adjectives the difference between dinky and cramped
is that dinky is (informal|british) tiny and cute; small and attractive while cramped is uncomfortably restricted in size, or financially.As an acronym dinky
is double income, no kids yet said of a relationship.As a verb cramped is
(cramp).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.
