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  • "dinkus" and a guest appearance by Gene Simmons as a sleazy ambulance chaser lawyer, the real stand out supporting actor was Ben Affleck as Dean - Joel's laid back, semi-cosmic-thinking bartender best friend.

    Screen Rant 2009

  • And the guy who refers to everyone at work as “dinkus.”

    Hunter Stephenson’s Script Review: Extract by Mike Judge | /Film 2008

  • The Chief said firmly, "Me, I'm goin 'to sweep floors or something, but I'm sure going to be here and watch this dinkus go up!"

    Space Platform Leinster, Murray, 1896- 1953

  • Most likely, sir, they think we used some new dinkus on the Wabbly.

    Morale A Story of the War of 1941-43 Murray Leinster 1935

  • It's got a crazy-lookin 'dinkus on top like a searchlight.

    Morale A Story of the War of 1941-43 Murray Leinster 1935

  • "A dinkus on top, sir," said Sergeant Walpole formally.

    Morale A Story of the War of 1941-43 Murray Leinster 1935

  • What, bother about a little dinkum dinkus like this, with Russia mad, Germany ugly,

    The Pagan Madonna Harold MacGrath 1901

  • His hair waved a little bit like the statue of the dinkus-thrower at the Vacation in Rome, but the color of it reminded you of the 'Sunset in the Grand Canon, by an American

    The Gentle Grafter O. Henry 1886

  • It’s a story of ignorance, naivete, idiocy, stupidity, high dinkus-ness … okay, I’m repeating myself.

    Scientologists in Haiti « Biodork 2010

  • He’s such a loony dinkus that I think even the evangelicals kind of blush and avert their eyes when he steps up to the podium.

    *snap* Pat Robertson! « Biodork 2010

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  • A symbol used in book publishing to separate sections within a chapter. Probably related to "dingus" or "dinges," a catch-all pronoun from the Dutch "dinges."

    August 7, 2010