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fair dinkum
adjective- displaying typical Australian characteristics, such as honesty, directness, guts, sense of humour and the like AUSTRALIA, 1937
- “She’s fair dinkum,” said the young nurse, rather shocked. “She’s beaut.” — Jean Brooks, The Opal Witch, p. 71, 1967
- Any man who doesn’t groove on the hump scene in Candy can’t be fair dinkum. — Kevin Mackey, The Cure, p. 146, 1970
- Mick Zammit was the boss and I have never done business with a more fair-dinkum bloke, or a funnier one. — Sam Weller, Old Bastards I Have Met, p. 51, 1979
- “The most fair dinkum Aussie story ever told,” Truthful Jones replied, downing the last of his beer. — Frank Hardy, Hardy’s People, p. 33, 1986
- I’d like to invite you to the most dinky-di, ridgy didge, fair dinkum, no worries mate tournament that you could imagine. — Australian Ultimate, p. 7, 2003
- real; actual AUSTRALIA, 1937
- Don’t come the raw prawn! I only gave her a bit of a smack on the chops, we didn’t get around to the fair dinkum article! — Barry Humphries, The Wonderful World of Barry McKenzie, p. 12, 1968
- Anyway, that second time [she went into labour] was fair dinkum, an’ she had young Steve. — John O’Grady, Aussie Etiket, p. 15, 1971
- [T]he TV boys were organised for a more fair dinkum bit of stoush than those world championship wrestlers. — Frank Hardy, The Outcasts of Foolgarah, p. 71, 1971
- We were fair dinkum bush articles all right. — Kerry Cue, Crooks, Chooks and Bloody Ratbags, p. 210, 1983
- Like I told you, my mum was a fair-dinkum tactical genius. — Phillip Gwynne, Deadly Unna?, p. 105, 1998
- serious; in earnest AUSTRALIA, 1934
- Are you fair dinkum? — Nino Culotta (John O’Grady), They’re A Weird Mob, p. 57, 1957
- “I’m going to ask the C.O. to ground me.” “You’re not fair dinkum!” — W.R. Bennett, Night Intruder, p. 65, 1962
- I was fair dinkum, and I only answered those things he picked on me about. — John Wynnum, Jiggin’ in the Riggin’, p. 26, 1965
- I’m fair dinkum in saying that the bloke in charge of the cookhouse has set a standard he may find hard to maintain. — Ray Slattery, Mobbs’ Mob, p. 21, 1966
- D’you blokes think he was fair dinkum? — Ray Slattery, Mobbs’ Mob, p. 32, 1966
- But when they get fair dinkum it’s another matter. — Sam Weller, Old Bastards I Have Met, p. 3, 1979
- I’m not sure those goes at me have been fair dinkum anyway. — Peter Corris, Make Me Rich, p. 59, 1985
- We welcome all readers, and fair dinkum drinkers, to contribute. — Bazza and Curly, Betcha Wrong!, p. 144, 1990
- If Brian was fair dinkum... — Shane Maloney, Nice Try, p. 54, 1998
- Some of the prisoners were fair dinkum with their threats, while others were full of shit[.] — William Dodson, The Sharp End, p. 40, 2001
- fair; honest; equitable AUSTRALIA
- “Fair dinkum shares with a bloke. I’m in this too.” — Norman Lindsay, Halfway to Anywhere, p. 141, 1947
- Did I ever tell you about the only fair dinkum raffle ever run in Australia? — Frank Hardy, The Yarns of Billy Borker, p. 13, 1965
- LEW: We can talk in the car on the way back to London. BARRY: Are you fair dinkum? I can do with the oscar [money][.] — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971
- It worked all right and the raffle was more fair dinkum than a lot of government-run ones. — Frank Hardy, Hardy’s People, p. 167, 1986
- Ask around Australia and [...] to a man they will tell you that [Rodney] Marsh is honest and straight-talking–he is “fair dinkum”. — The Daily Telegraph, 11 May 2003
- true; genuine AUSTRALIA, 1908
- “You’re pulling my leg!” “No. That’s fair dinkum.” — John Wynnum, Tar Dust, p. 119, 1962
- “It’s fair dinkum, I tell yer,” Mulga M. insisted, “he bought that big empty mansion orf of Signemup and Leavum.” — Frank Hardy, The Outcasts of Foolgarah, p. 200, 1971
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