Definition of dinkum

dinkum

adjective

• the real thing; true. Australian. See also "fair dinkum".

  Last edited on Jun 07 2013. Submitted by Dick Wright-Upham from Wellington, New Zealand on Jan 11 2011.

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fair dinkum	Definitions include: the real thing; true.

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