/ding"kee/ , adj., dinkier, dinkiest , n. , pl. dinkies .
adj.
1. Informal. small, unimportant, unimpressive, or shabby: We stayed in a dinky old hotel.
2. Brit. Informal. fashionable; well dressed; smart.
n.
3. dinkey.
[ 1780-90; cf. Scots dink neatly dressed, trim (of obscure orig.); sense shift perh.: trim > dainty > small > insignificant; see -Y 1 ]