Recent Examples on the WebThe film starts in the characters’ present with Art and Patrick facing off at the 2019 Phil’s Tire Town Challenge in New Rochelle, N.Y., a surprisingly rinky-dink backdrop for all of the fraught flashbacks to come.—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2024 From the outside, Michigan Stadium looks rinky-dink, because three-quarters of it is below ground level.—BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2023 By comparison, the scene in Fort Lauderdale was rinky-dink.—Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 23 July 2023 The movie casts Falk as a minor antagonist, a bulldog who was trying to keep MJ away from rinky-dink lil’ Nike.—Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2023 If your options always seem to be a heavy, bulky flashlight or a rinky-dink junk drawer gadget, take heed: the perfect happy medium does exist.—Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2023
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