Adjective: rinky-dink 'ring-kee,dingk
Usage: N. Amer, informal
Usage: N. Amer, informal
Usage: N. Amer, informal
- Of minor importance
"a rinky-dink operation run out of a single rented room";
- nickel-and-dime [N. Amer, informal], small-time
- Out of fashion
"rinky-dink attire";
- antique, démodé, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat [informal], outmoded, passé, passée, vieux jeu
Usage: N. Amer, informal
- A cocktail made of whiskey and bitters and sugar with fruit slices
"The bartender mixed a rinky-dink for the curious customer";
- old-fashioned, vieux jeu
Derived forms: rinky-dinks
See also: daggy [Austral, NZ, informal], unfashionable, unimportant, unstylish
Type of: cocktail
Encyclopedia: Rinky-dink