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Dinkey
Noun
1. A small, compact vehicle, typically a sled or cart, used for transportation of goods in mining or logging areas.
- Example sentence: The miners used a dinkey to transport their equipment and tools to the remote mining site.
- Related products: Mining Sleds, Logging Carts
2. (informal, chiefly North American) A small locomotive used in switching or as a shunting engine.
- Example sentence: The railroad company employed dinkeys to move the freight cars around the yard efficiently.
- Related products: Small Locomotives, Shunting Engines
Adjective
1. (informal) Cool or excellent; deserving praise or admiration.
- Example sentence: The band's performance last night was dinkey, everyone loved it!
- Related products: None available.
2. (local, slang) Used to describe something small or insignificant in a humorously exaggerated way.
- Example sentence: Don't worry about that tiny scratch on the car, it's just a dinkey dent.
- Related products: None available.
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