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dinkum — /ˈdɪŋkəm / (say dingkuhm) Colloquial –adjective 1. Also, dinky di, fair dinkum. true; honest; genuine: dinkum Aussie. 2. seriously interested in a proposed deal, scheme, etc. –adverb 3. truly: * I ll just keep my eyes closed all the time, dinkum… …
dinkum — adjective genuine; usually in the phrase fair dinkum (or straight dinkum) … Wiktionary
Dinkum — 1. true, real, genuine, straight up; 2. seriously interested in a proposed deal, scheme, etc.: Are you dinkum about it? ; 3. truly; 4. excellent or remarkable example of its kind: You little dinkum … Dictionary of Australian slang
dinkum — Australian Slang 1. true, real, genuine, straight up; 2. seriously interested in a proposed deal, scheme, etc.: Are you dinkum about it? ; 3. truly; 4. excellent or remarkable example of its kind: You little dinkum 5. honest … English dialects glossary
fair dinkum — 1. adjective genuine, honest, fair and square Are you fair dinkum ?. are you telling me the truth ? ; do you really mean that ? Syn: genuine, honest … Wiktionary
true blue — The Australian National Dictionary Centre recently received a phone call asking if we had the phrase true blue in The Australian National Dictionary, and if not, why not because, said the caller, it s a genuine Australian expression. John… … Australian idioms
undistorted — Synonyms and related words: arrowlike, authentic, bona fide, candid, card carrying, dead straight, dinkum, direct, even, faithful, flat, following the letter, genuine, good, honest, honest to God, horizontal, in a line, inartificial, just, lawful … Moby Thesaurus
Australian English vocabulary — Many works giving an overview of Australian English have been published; many of these are humour books designed for tourists or as novelties. One of the first was Karl Lentzner s Dictionary of the Slang English of Australia and of Some Mixed… … Wikipedia
honest — adj 1. upright, upstanding, incorruptible, uncorrupt, uncorrupted; ethical, moral, principled, high principled, high minded; truthful, veracious, veridical, truth telling, truth speaking, truth dealing, truth loving; trustworthy, Inf. trusty, to… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
ANZAC spirit — The Anzac spirit or Anzac legend is a concept which suggests that Australian and New Zealand soldiers possess shared national characteristics, specifically the qualities those soldiers are believed to have shown on the battlefield in World War I … Wikipedia
