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Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Some sources say it's from "incandescent" and "dinky" i.e. small.”)
Noun
inky-dinky (plural inky-dinkies)
- (television, film) A small key light.
2013, Dennis Schaefer, Larry Salvato, Masters of Light, page 323:You know you cannot get smaller lights than inky-dinkies but when you push one stop, you can use an inky-dinky for key lighting.
2015, Harriet Margolis, Alexis Krasilovsky, Julia Stein, Shooting Women: Behind the Camera, Around the World, page 151:A regular package here would give you six pieces of 1K tungsten lights, ten pieces of inky-dinkies, one HMI if you're lucky.
Etymology 2
Adjective
inky-dinky (comparative more inky-dinky, superlative most inky-dinky)
- (childish) Very small; minuscule.
- Synonym: itsy-bitsy