dingbat
Example Sentences
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Vacant units in the dingbat have broken windows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
Orthodox families fill the area’s dingbat apartments, duplexes and bungalows, and thousands jam the sidewalks Saturday mornings on their way to Torah services.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
Everything about the show is more confident – the physical comedy is goofier, Devi's dingbat logic is more outlandish, and McEnroe's narration easily flows with the action.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2021
She achieved a reluctant fame from the air disaster, thanks to a cheesy Italian biopic in 1974, “Miracles Still Happen,” in which the teenage Dr. Diller is portrayed as a hysterical dingbat.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2021
I know, grandpa—but she's such a funny little dingbat!
From Missy by Dana Gatlin