hinky

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"He kept it in a hinky-dinky little safe up in his room.

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  • Jesus, the sun wasn't all the way up yet and it gets kind of hinky on those rural routes. —  The Next Accident by Lisa Gardner
  • Of course, it's a little hinky to say they've "judged" anything, given that nobody's yet made any credible accusation implicating the validity of the documentation. —  Daily Kos
  • But there is herein an awfully hinky calculation, insofar as this song meant to summon up the spectre of Dick In A Box Office Gold at the same time conjures he matter of date rape. —  jane dark's sugarhigh!
  • The festival actually began yesterday morning with a full day of films on the five screens of the Varsity Theater on Main St. But I was battling a hinky oil pump all the way to Medford and didn't get to see any films. —  Today in Oregon: The Oregonian
  • Now comes the news that Chris is refinancing his hinky Countrywide mortgages, which just proves he was no Friend of Angelo after all. —  National Review Online
 

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