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Definition of "dinkey" []

  • A small locomotive used in a railroad yard, as for shunting. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "dinkey" in a sentence
  • "Allensworth enjoyed the special privilege of obtaining the use of the "dinkey" to go ashore whenever he desired."
  • "While Adams was dispensing commissary tea in iron-stone china cups to his two guests in the "dinkey" field office, his chief, taking the"
  • "A string of use-worn bunk cars; a "dinkey" caboose serving as the home on wheels of the chief of construction and his assistant; a crooked siding with"