dinkey

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He found out the girl's folks were not very rich, and then he set about raising the high dinkey-dink with everything.

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  • He found out the girl's folks were not very rich, and then he set about raising the high dinkey-dink with everything. —  Frank Merriwell's Cruise
  • Him an 'Beetles was tradin' partners an 'they ran the first dinkey little steamboat up the Koyukuk. " —  Smoke Bellew
  • "I'm to teach a Bible class and pass out dinkey little reward-of-merit cards to the prize pupils! —  The Henchman
  • What's those dinkey little reports and monkeydoodle business amount to, anyhow? —  The Rules of the Game
  • Get into your white flannels and pretty blue coat and put on your dinkey rah-rah, and follow me. —  The Common Law
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