Meaning of fair dinkum | Babel Free

Definitions

Genuine, honest, fair and square.

Australia, not-comparable, slang

Examples

“Are you fair dinkum?”

Are you telling me the truth?; Do you really mean that?

“I mean⟳, if they were out at a concert or something, or if they were involved in some other out-of-school social activity and some fair dinkum Aussie bloke, with a fair dinkum Aussie accent, and a fair dinkum Aussie hat, preferably chewing on a fair dinkum gum leaf, and holding a koala bear⟳ in one hand and a kangaroo in the other stood up and delivered those Lawson poems in full bore Strine, the girls would probably have⟳ loved him.”

“2004, Susie Ashworth et al., Lonely Planet Australia, When people think⟳ of Australia they commonly think⟳ of the outback; or koalas, kangaroos and ‘fair dinkum’ frontier types.”

“‘You're not wrong there, Doc. Of course, you'd get⟳ more of a fair dinkum picture if you were able to interview members of the Wilson family but that would be darned near impossible.’”

“2008 Joe Hockey interviewed on 4 Corners, https://web.archive.org/web/20080413070720/http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2007/s2165787.htm, He appreciated the honesty, he appreciated the fact that I rang him and was prepared to be fair dinkum with him, and he heard what I said.”

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