fair dinkum
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (AuE) IPA: [ˌfeː ˈdɪŋ.kəm]
fair dinkum (not comparable)
- (Australia, slang) Genuine, honest, fair and square.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2004, Susie Ashworth et al., Lonely Planet Australia ↗,
- (genuine) for real, genuine, honest, straight dinkum, true
fair dinkum (not comparable)
- (Australia, slang) Truly, honestly.
- 1991, Jeffrey Archer, As the Crow Flies, 2004, Pan Macmillan, [http://books.google.com/books?id=S0xDYxVefmkC&pg=PT443&dq=%E2%80%9CFair+dinkum,+you+really+do+teach+maths,%E2%80%9D&hl=en&ei=BlGUTuTREbLOiAKogsmHBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%E2%80%9CFair%20dinkum%2C%20you%20really%20do%20teach%20maths%2C%E2%80%9D&f=false unnumbered page],
- 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.
- 2011, Annabel Stafford, The Mob Can't Hurt You, University of Technology, Sydney, The Life You Chose and That Chose You: The 25th UTS Writers' Anthology, unnumbered page ↗,
- Well, then I've started fucken crying cause I'm fair dinkum scared the prick's gonna kill me. […] Fair dinkum, it sounds like the whole fucken town's out.
- 1991, Jeffrey Archer, As the Crow Flies, 2004, Pan Macmillan, [http://books.google.com/books?id=S0xDYxVefmkC&pg=PT443&dq=%E2%80%9CFair+dinkum,+you+really+do+teach+maths,%E2%80%9D&hl=en&ei=BlGUTuTREbLOiAKogsmHBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%E2%80%9CFair%20dinkum%2C%20you%20really%20do%20teach%20maths%2C%E2%80%9D&f=false unnumbered page],
- (truly) for real, straight up
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