See Also: thermoreceptor(medicine)
dinky(1)(dictionary)
dinky(2)(dictionary)
dinky-die(dictionary)
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dinky(1) (iou) and thermoreceptor (medicine)


dinky(1) (iou)



dinky adjective. Also dinkie. L18.
[from DINK adjective2 + -Y1.]
Small and neat; dainty, cute. dial. & colloq. (esp. Scot. & N. Amer.). L18.
Dinky car, Dinky Toy (proprietary name for) a die-cast miniature motor vehicle.
W. H. Auden In a dinky straw hat. D. Welch Dinky lattice panes.
Trifling, insignificant, unimpressive. N. Amer. colloq. L19.
H. Crane In a dinky stuffy apartment.

thermoreceptor (medicine)


thermoreceptor


A receptor that is sensitive to heat.