dinky

Meanings

1. Tiny and cute; small and attractive.
2. Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable.

1. A dinky thing.
2. A small mine car; especially, a small coal car.

1. A person in a relationship with a double income and no kids.

Etymology

1780-90; compare Scots dink (“neatly dressed, trim”) (of obscure origin); sense shift perhaps: trim > dainty > small > insignificant; + -y.