dingbat
Example Sentences
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So he just moved one rung lower, at the behest of a dingbat from the internet.
From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2025
“It’s been my home for 40 years,” said Cathy Livas, 77, who pays $824 a month to live in a dingbat unit with her 56-year-old son with special needs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
Then there was Miranda’s transformation from pragmatic career woman to lovesick dingbat, and the glaring absence of Samantha, a character who now exists solely via text message, like a saucy phantom trapped inside Carrie’s phone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
Coco Jones makes the most of remaking Hilary as an upbeat self-assured culinary influencer instead of a dingbat, while Akira Jolie Akbar channels Ashley's essential lovability.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2022
Whatever was not a hootin'-annie was a dingbat, and treated accordingly.
From Casey Ryan by Bower, B. M.
