as in small
of a size that is less than average
recent college graduates crowding into a dinky New York City apartment
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That’s more than 85,000 years worth of attention on a dinky little drama with no big ambitions.
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Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
Many, if not most, cafes have a vat in their kitchens, and dinky jars of less than one ounce dot airport lounges across the country.
—Natasha Frost Abigail Varney, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
That could also be a cover for not wanting to go to a dinkier platform / get sued, but there does seem to be a grain of truth to that.
—Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 1 Nov. 2023
That's something that would be very hard to deliver given the concept's dinky dimensions and tight packaging.
—Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 4 Sep. 2023
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Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
Many, if not most, cafes have a vat in their kitchens, and dinky jars of less than one ounce dot airport lounges across the country.
—Natasha Frost Abigail Varney, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
That could also be a cover for not wanting to go to a dinkier platform / get sued, but there does seem to be a grain of truth to that.
—Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 1 Nov. 2023
That's something that would be very hard to deliver given the concept's dinky dimensions and tight packaging.
—Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 4 Sep. 2023
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“Dinky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dinky. Accessed 21 Oct. 2024.
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