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Adjective: rinky-dink  'ring-kee,dingk
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. Of minor importance
    "a rinky-dink operation run out of a single rented room";
    - nickel-and-dime [N. Amer, informal], small-time
     
  2. Out of fashion
    "rinky-dink attire";
    - antique, démodé, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat [informal], outmoded, passé, passée, vieux jeu
Noun: rinky-dink  'ring-kee,dingk
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. A cocktail made of whiskey and bitters and sugar with fruit slices
    - old-fashioned, vieux jeu

Derived forms: rinky-dinks

See also: daggy [Austral, NZ, informal], unfashionable, unimportant, unstylish

Type of: cocktail

Encyclopedia: Rinky-dink