dinkum

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Said 'e, "Now, dinkum, talkin' square,

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  • Fair dinkum - you people don't understand anything about the wicked social ills that come with widespread unemployment.
  • "Fair dinkum - Warren's one of the best leaders of the Nationals we've ever had and I certainly do not want his homework and I think he's also a good bloke," he said. —  Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
  • Fair dinkum - if I'd been stupid enough to hitch my wagon to the ideology of the Right all those years ago, I would be mortally embarrassed by the abortion (pun intended) that is Conservapedia. —  GrodsCorp
  • Fair dinkum, I was so mad I trashed my cell - just like you that time you were given out in the Second Test in 08 against those rotten Indians and you threw your bat in the dressing room. —  thedaily.com.au: Breaking News
  • Anyway, we went as far as York and the people my father met, the dinkum Aussies, were very friendly and most helpful. —  Israellycool
 

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  1. From English dialectal and Australian, work.
 

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