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PARTIAL ENGLISH COVERAGE · FULL CORPUS REMAINS LOCAL9 source sections across 2 headwords matching “Dink”. These are separate from the reviewed results below.
DINKEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
Originally US. First attested in the 1980s.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗dinkEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Imitative. Originally US. Attested since the 1930s.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗dinkEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Origin unknown. Attested since the 1930s.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗dinkEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Uncertain. Either: * A rhythmatic reduplicative of Chink, a derogatory term for a Chinese person. Attested from Australia since the 1960s (consult the American Heritage Dictionary). * or, clipping of dinky dau/dow, a corrupted borrowing from Vietnamese điên cái đầu (“[you make my] head goes crazy”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗dinkEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *drinkaną Proto-West Germanic *drinkan Old English drincan Middle English drynken English drink English dink Syncopic form of drink.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗dinkEnglish (en) · Etymology 6Source text
See dinkum.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗dinkEnglish (en) · Etymology 7Source text
Origin unknown. Attested since the late nineteenth century.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗dinkEnglish (en) · Etymology 8Source text
Origin unknown. Attested in English and in Scots since the sixteenth century.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗dinkEnglish (en) · Etymology 9Source text
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