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dink; dinky noun a household comprising a single heterosexual couple without children, or either member of that couple, socially categorised as double or dual income no kids (yet) US A reasonably happy acronym.- The word just slid past his lips, along the finger he aimed in their direction. Dinks. — Chicago Sun-Times, 14 January 1987: When do two yuppies become a dink?
- According to the researchers, 79.1 per cent of British childless couples are Dinkies. — The Independent, 22 May 2002: Britain’s “Dinkies” head European league table
- Her boyfriend also has a steady job and that makes them DINKYs with money coming out of their ears. — Bernard Hare, Urban Grimshaw and the Shed Crew, p. 311, 2005
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