Usually means: Small, insignificant, and poorly made.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word rinky-dink:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. rinky-dink: Merriam-Webster
  2. rinky-dink: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rinky-dink: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. rinky-dink, rinky-dink: Collins English Dictionary
  5. rinky-dink: Wordnik
  6. rinky-dink: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. rinky-dink: Wiktionary
  8. rinky-dink: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. rinky-dink: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. rinky-dink: Dictionary.com
  11. rinky-dink: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. rinky-dink: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. rinky-dink: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rinky-dink: Netlingo

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rinky-dink: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. rinky-dink, rinky-dink: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Rinky-Dink: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (countable) A person regarded as contemptible or insignificant.
noun:  An amateur or someone who is underqualified.
noun:  Someone who operates unethically; specifically, a small-time conman or crook.
noun:  (countable) Something that is not up to acceptable standards; something regarded as being of low quality.
noun:  (countable) A miscellaneous object or thing; a thingy.
noun:  (archaic, uncountable) Deceptive or underhanded rigmarole; deception, trickery; (countable) often preceded by the: an instance of this; a deception, swindle, a trick.
adjective:  Of poor quality; amateurish, shoddy, small-time.
adjective:  Old-fashioned, tired; also, shabby, worn-out.
adjective:  Crooked, dishonest, underhanded.
noun:  (uncountable, music) Alternative form of rinky-tink (“a tinkling, tinny style of music; honky-tonk”) [Synonym of honky-tonk (“musical style”)]
adjective:  (music) Alternative form of rinky-tink (“tinkling and tinny”)

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