dinky
adjective/ˈdɪŋki/
/ˈdɪŋki/
(informal)- (British English, approving) small and neat in an attractive way
- What a dinky little hat!
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- (North American English, disapproving) too small
- I grew up in a dinky little town that didn't even have a movie theater.
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Scots and northern English dialect dink ‘neat, trim’, of unknown origin.
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