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dinkum noun, adjective, & adverb. L19.
[Origin unkn.]
A. noun.
(Hard) work; one's due share of a task. dial. (formerly also Austral. colloq.). L19.
R. Boldrewood It took us an hour's hard dinkum to get near the peak.
= dinkum oil below. Austral. & NZ colloq. E20.
(Dinkum) An Australian or New Zealander, esp. one who fought in the war of 1914-18. Austral. & NZ colloq. Only in E20.
b. adjective & adverb. In full fair dinkum (also square dinkum, straight dinkum). Genuine(ly), authentic(ally); honest(ly), straightforward(ly); interrog. really? you aren't having me on? Austral. & NZ colloq. L19.
dinkum oil the honest truth, reliable information.
Weekly Dispatch Real dinkum Australians..knew..that wombats can't fly. N. Marsh Give you a pain in the neck, dinkum, she would. F. Clune The Simpson Desert..is the only fair-dinkum desert in Australia. A. Wright It's like a story out of a book..but it's dinkum.