Dinky and Short

Dinky

Dinky adjective - Of a size that is less than average.

Short and dinky are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Short" instead an adjective "Dinky".

Short

Short adjective - Having relatively little height.
Usage example: a lot of boys are shorter than the girls in middle school, but they quickly catch up by high school

Dinky and short are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dinky" instead an adjective "Short".

Both words in one sentence

  • Roger Rabbit Effect Even earlier than the original Woody Woodpecker show, Walter Lantz briefly tried this out with an Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short, and used this even earlier in his Silent Age Dinky Doodle shorts.
  • Creator / Walter Lantz Roger Rabbit Effect: Lantz started using this in his Dinky Doodle shorts, used again in the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short "Puppet Show", the ending of "100 Pygmies and Andy Panda", and used it again in the bridging segments of The Woody Woodpecker Show.
  • The Princeton Branch, also known as the Princeton Dinky, is a very short line operated by a single pair of cars running between Princeton Junction on the Northeast Corridor Line and Princeton Station in the town of Princeton itself.
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