rinky-dink
[ ring-kee-dingk ]
/ ˈrɪŋ kiˌdɪŋk /
adjective
inconsequential, amateurish, or of generally inferior quality; small-time: a rinky-dink college; He plays with some rinky-dink team.
outmoded or shabby; backward; antiquated: a rinky-dink airline.
noun
a person or thing that is rinky-dink.
Origin of rinky-dink
1910–15; rhyming compound (perhaps based on alteration and nasalization of
rickety); cf.
ricky-tick
Words nearby rinky-dink
ringwood,
ringworm,
rink,
rink rat,
rinkhals,
rinky-dink,
rinky-tink,
rinne's test,
rinse,
rinsin',
rinsing