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
As with brownstones and dingbats, distaste can dissolve with time.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2023
Perhaps the next installment could do away with the pretense of these dingbats needing to save the world?
From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2021
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
"You flatter me," said George, reaching bruskly across me as if he were after the salt and pepper, and adjusting a couple of dingbats on the steering wheel.
From Of All Things by Benchley, Robert C.
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