1. rinky-dink - Noun
2. rinky-dink - Adjective
(countable) A person regarded as contemptible or insignificant.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nonentity, Thesaurus:worthless person
Antonyms: see Thesaurus:important person
An amateur or someone who is underqualified.
Someone who operates unethically; specifically, a small-time conman or crook.
(countable) Something that is not up to acceptable standards; something regarded as being of low quality.
(countable) A miscellaneous object or thing; a thingy.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:thingy
(archaic, uncountable) Deceptive or underhanded rigmarole; deception, trickery; (countable) often preceded by the: an instance of this; a deception, swindle, a trick.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:deception
(uncountable, music) Alternative form of rinky-tink (“a tinkling, tinny style of music; honky-tonk”)
Of poor quality; amateurish, shoddy, small-time.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:low-quality
That rinky-dink shelf is likely to collapse if you fill it with books.
Old-fashioned, tired; also, shabby, worn-out.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:unfashionable, Thesaurus:deteriorated
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fashionable
Crooked, dishonest, underhanded.
Antonyms: see Thesaurus:honest
(music) Alternative form of rinky-tink (“tinkling and tinny”)
Source: en.wiktionary.orgSome ridiculed my taking a "rinky-dink" class when I had a metropolitan daily newspaper byline. Source: Internet
His approach is rinky-dink, but purposefully so, and he says it was a perfect suit for Gucci, in particular. Source: Internet
Superhero movies and TV shows were undeniably rinky-dink in the first half of the ’70s, but by God, we had great toys, puzzles, board games, lunchboxes, and T-shirts. Source: Internet