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Word of the day
for August 3
rinky-dink adj (chiefly US, informal)
  1. Of poor quality; amateurish, shoddy, small-time.
  2. Old-fashioned, tired; also, shabby, worn-out.
  3. Crooked, dishonest, underhanded.
  4. (music) Alternative form of rinky-tink (“tinkling and tinny”)

rinky-dink n (chiefly US, informal)

  1. (countable) A person regarded as contemptible or insignificant.
    1. An amateur or someone who is underqualified.
    2. Someone who operates unethically; specifically, a small-time conman or crook.
  2. (countable) Something that is not up to acceptable standards; something regarded as being of low quality.
  3. (countable) A miscellaneous object or thing; a thingy.
  4. (archaic, uncountable) Deceptive or underhanded rigmarole; deception, trickery; (countable) often preceded by the: an instance of this; a deception, swindle, a trick.
  5. (uncountable, music) Alternative form of rinky-tink (“a tinkling, tinny style of music; honky-tonk”)

Twins Days in Twinsburg, Ohio, USA, said to be the world’s largest annual gathering of biological twins and other multiple births, is held this year from August 4 to 6, 2023.

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