fair dinkum
[ˌfeː ˈdɪŋ.kəm]
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Are you fair dinkum?"
- "I mean, if they were out at a concert or something, or if they were involved in some other out-of-school social activity and some fair dinkum Aussie bloke, with a fair dinkum Aussie accent, and a fair dinkum Aussie hat, preferably chewing on a fair dinkum gum leaf, and holding a koala bear in one hand and a kangaroo in the other stood up and delivered those Lawson poems in full bore Strine, the girls would probably have loved him."
- "2004, Susie Ashworth et al., Lonely Planet Australia, When people think of Australia they commonly think of the outback; or koalas, kangaroos and ‘fair dinkum’ frontier types."
- "‘You're not wrong there, Doc. Of course, you'd get more of a fair dinkum picture if you were able to interview members of the Wilson family but that would be darned near impossible.’"
- "2008 Joe Hockey interviewed on 4 Corners, https://web.archive.org/web/20080413070720/http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2007/s2165787.htm, He appreciated the honesty, he appreciated the fact that I rang him and was prepared to be fair dinkum with him, and he heard what I said."
- "She checked what he had produced against the diagram in her book, smiled and said, “Fair dinkum, you really do teach maths,” which took Daniel a little by surprise as he wasn’t sure what “fair dinkum” meant, but as it was accompanied by a smile he assumed it was some form of approval."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: [ˌfeː ˈdɪŋ.kəm]