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"Fair ___" ("For reals" in Aussie slang)
Answer for the clue ""Fair ___" ("For reals" in Aussie slang) ", 6 letters:
dinkum
Word definitions for dinkum in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1888, "hard work," Australian slang, of unknown origin, perhaps connected to Lincolnshire dialect. Meaning "honest, genuine" is attested from 1894.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES fair dinkum
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context Australia slang English) genuine, true, honest, on the level. (From 1894) n. 1 (context Australia slang English) hard work. (From 1888) 2 (context Australia slang English) truth.
Usage examples of dinkum.
A dinkum comrade, Foo Moses Morris, co-signed much paper to keep us going—and wound up broke and started over with a little tailoring shop in Kongville.
A dinkum comrade, Foo Moses Morris, co-signed much paper to keep us going--and wound up broke and started over with a little tailoring shop in Kongville.
Mike was a fair dinkum thinkum, sharpest computer you'll ever meet.
Drink it and you wake up with the jumping Joe Blakes in the moring, fair dinkum.