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Is This Fair Dinkum?

Firstly, what does fair dinkum mean?

Do you know?

Today, fair dinkum is taken to mean ‘true’ or ‘genuine’.

It is Australian/English slang meaning genuine, honest, fair and square.

The question “Are you fair dinkum?” thus means “Are you telling me the truth?” or “Do you really mean that?”

The origins of the phrase are not really known. There is a story that says it comes from the Chinese “din gum” which means ‘real gold.’ Many Chinese immigrants settled in the Victoria area, in the nineteenth century, to mine for gold. That is true, but whether they really told people about “din gum,” cannot be absolutely verified.

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