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true dinks


Said to assure the other party that you have not lied: True dinks I gave that swap card to Fiona.

Contributor's comments: also common in Ballarat.

Contributor's comments: Refer also to dinkum, which is chinese for gold I believe and was picked up by the non chinese to mean the real true item, so true dinks is a double dip, dinks.

Contributor's comments: True dinks used in the 50s in Melbourne schools, Williamstown, Hawthorn.