Dinky
Dinky adjective - Of a size that is less than average.
Usage example: recent college graduates crowding into a dinky New York City apartment
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Instead of escaping with twenty prisoners in a dinky cutter like Hornblower, having destroyed three small rowboats sent to chase him, Honor escapes with half a million prisoners and an entire battlefleet, fighting major battles on the way.
Source: Space Is an Ocean -
Dinky Drivers: One episode has the Rangers trying to land a Lawyer-Friendly Cameo of the Space Shuttle after a small meteor ruptures the oxygen line and knocks the pilots into unconsciousness.
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This dinky and incorrect ad placed in a small-town Minnesota paper still somehow manages to end up in the classified section of a paper read by a nobleman in Pakistan.
Source: Worst News Judgment Ever
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