English Explanatory Dictionary

ridgy-didge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Genuine, authentic, true; honest, upright.
  2. Good, fine.

Pronunciation

en-au-ridgy-didge.ogg

Word forms

ridgy-didge more ridgy-didge most ridgy-didge ridgy didge

Etymology

Fanciful diminutive of obsolete ridge (“real; used in reference to gold”). Australian from 1953.

Synonyms

dinkum dinky-die fair dinkum for real
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