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Word: dinkie (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1936-1936
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Usage:

...Well, I've said enough; but, in pure Australian slang I'll sum up by saying, 'the studies stoushed Amherst, chased the Bruins up a gum tree, and showed that they had the dinkum oil by playing dinki-di football.' Translating this into the King's English (or--in this country of alphabetical politics--into FDR English) this means that the Harvard squad won two victories by playing good football. Now for the Army...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Australian Graduate Student Writes of First View of American Football in Harvard Stadium | 10/13/1936 | See Source »

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