fair dinkum

Definition

Genuine, honest, fair and square.

Etymology

see dinkum.

Example Sentences

• "Are you fair dinkum?"
• "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, Susie Ashworth et al., Lonely Planet Australia, When people think of Australia they commonly think of the outback; or koalas, kangaroos and ‘fair dinkum’ frontier types."