dink

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And I'd sing in my car when that song fills my rinky-dink, factory speakers.

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  1. noun Sports A drop shot.
  2. noun Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a North Vietnamese soldier or guerrilla in the Vietnam War.

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  • He was in a dink--a small boat Renny put in, "Then you've never been on Jinx No," she admitted Doc Savage contemplated the island again. —  111 - The Pirate Isle
  • It was so solid that his hand hurt, and the sound was minimized: dink-dink-dink! —  A Spell for Chameleon
  • And I'd sing in my car when that song fills my rinky-dink, factory speakers. —  Glide Magazine - Music :: Culture :: Life
  • It fits snugly amid O'Sheas cheerily rinky-dink, honky-tonk mix of boardwalk sleaze and frathouse boisterousness, which compacts a jukebox, beer pong, karaoke, psychic consultants, a Burger King and a glass-walled tattoo parlor into its small acreage. —  Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines
  • As I stated before, "Political People" is really rinky-dink, and non descriptive. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. From dink, sound of a weakly hit or dropped ball.
  2. Origin unknown.

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  1. Origin obscure.
  2. See dink, v.
 

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