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fair dinkum

adj
/ˌfeː ˈdɪŋ.kəm/

Etymology

see dinkum.

Definitions

  1. Genuine, honest, fair and square.

    • Are you fair dinkum?
    • 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.

  2. Truly, honestly.

    • Fair dinkum, I'm being straight up with you now, I could have hit him.
    • Kevin, fair dinkum mate, you've got to put your boot into the ball, you're too slow to do all this finessin'.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA