adjective (informal)
1 (BrE, approving) small and neat in an attractive way:
What a dinky little hat!
2 (AmE, disapproving) too small:
I grew up in a dinky little town that didn't even have a movie theater.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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