dingbats
Britishplural noun
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slang delirium tremens
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informal to make someone nervous
adjective
Example Sentences
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By the 1980s dingbats were illegal to build, and much of Los Angeles, including Parkman Avenue, was zoned for lower density.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2024
A 90-minute ramble revealed L.A.’s familiar extremes: big houses alongside dingbats, the shock of the unexpected coinciding with numbing dullness.
From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2023
As with brownstones and dingbats, distaste can dissolve with time.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2023
When asked about either of them bring cage-side for the Poirier fight, he replied, "I couldn’t care about them two dingbats."
From Fox News • Jul. 9, 2021
That's what brings in the—" "But see here," breaks in Ham, "how the merry dingbats would you use me in a beauty parlor?
From Wilt Thou Torchy by Ford, Sewell
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