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DINGY

\dˈɪnd͡ʒɪ], \dˈɪnd‍ʒɪ], \d_ˈɪ_n_dʒ_ɪ]\

Definitions of DINGY

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens; "drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens; "drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Of a dim or dark color: dull: soiled.
DINGINESS.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

DINGINESS.
Of a dusky color, as if soiled; dull; tarnished.
Dingily.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Dull; soiled.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Soiled; of a dark colour; brown; dusky; dun.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Dusky; brown; soiled; of a dark colour.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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