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- adjective Australia, slang
Genuine ,honest ,fair and square . - adverb Australia, slang
Truly ,honestly .
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knitandpurl commented on the word fair dinkum
"It was where you could smell that daft beanpole husband of hers baking his cakes, though, fair dinkum, you had to hand it to the coot, he could bake his way to Parliament if he set his mind to it."
Cloudstreet by Tim Winton, p 50 of the Graywolf Press hardcover edition
March 30, 2010