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"dinkus" and a guest appearance by Gene Simmons as a sleazy ambulance chaser lawyer, the real stand out supporting actor was Ben Affleck as Dean - Joel's laid back, semi-cosmic-thinking bartender best friend.
Screen Rant 2009
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And the guy who refers to everyone at work as “dinkus.”
Hunter Stephenson’s Script Review: Extract by Mike Judge | /Film 2008
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The Chief said firmly, "Me, I'm goin 'to sweep floors or something, but I'm sure going to be here and watch this dinkus go up!"
Space Platform Leinster, Murray, 1896- 1953
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Most likely, sir, they think we used some new dinkus on the Wabbly.
Morale A Story of the War of 1941-43 Murray Leinster 1935
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It's got a crazy-lookin 'dinkus on top like a searchlight.
Morale A Story of the War of 1941-43 Murray Leinster 1935
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"A dinkus on top, sir," said Sergeant Walpole formally.
Morale A Story of the War of 1941-43 Murray Leinster 1935
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What, bother about a little dinkum dinkus like this, with Russia mad, Germany ugly,
The Pagan Madonna Harold MacGrath 1901
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His hair waved a little bit like the statue of the dinkus-thrower at the Vacation in Rome, but the color of it reminded you of the 'Sunset in the Grand Canon, by an American
The Gentle Grafter O. Henry 1886
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It’s a story of ignorance, naivete, idiocy, stupidity, high dinkus-ness … okay, I’m repeating myself.
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He’s such a loony dinkus that I think even the evangelicals kind of blush and avert their eyes when he steps up to the podium.
EditorMark commented on the word dinkus
A symbol used in book publishing to separate sections within a chapter. Probably related to "dingus" or "dinges," a catch-all pronoun from the Dutch "dinges."
August 7, 2010