Fair dinkum

From Fresh Dictionary

English

Adjective

fair dinkum

1. (Australian) genuine, honest, fair and square

Quotations

• 2002, John Dutch, April and Anderson [1]

  I mean, if they were out at a concert or something, or if they were involved in some other out-of-school social activity and some fair dinkum Aussie bloke, with a fair dinkum Aussie accent, and a fair dinkum Aussie hat, preferably chewing on a fair dinkum gum leaf, and holding a koala bear in one hand and a kangaroo in the other stood up and delivered those Lawson poems in full bore Strine, the girls would probably have loved him.

• 2004, Jeffrey Archer, As the Crow Flies [2]

  She checked what he had produced against the diagram in her book, smiled and said, “Fair dinkum, you really do teach maths,” which took Daniel a little by surprise as he wasn’t sure what “fair dinkum” meant, but as it was accompanied by a smile he assumed it was some form of approval.

• 2004, Susie Ashworth et al., Lonely Planet Australia [3]

  When people think of Australia they commonly think of the outback; or koalas, kangaroos and ‘fair dinkum’ frontier types.