Dinkum Definition

dĭnkəm
adjective
Honest or genuine.
Webster's New World
adverb
Honestly or genuinely.
Webster's New World
noun

(Australia, slang) Hard work. [From 1888]

Wiktionary

(Australia, slang) Truth.

Wiktionary

Origin of Dinkum

  • Unknown, possibly from Lincolnshire dialect. First use (as a noun) from 1888.

    From Wiktionary

  • From English dialectal Australian work

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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