dinkus
dinkus · dinkuses
A small drawing or artwork used for decoration in a magazine or periodicalA small drawing or artwork used for decoration in a magazine or periodical.
Meaning
2 sensesA small drawing or artwork used for decoration in a magazine or periodical.
A small ornament, usually a line of three asterisks (* * *), especially for the purpose of breaking up sections of a chapter, article, or other text.
Origin
From dinky (“tiny and cute”). The word was coined by an artist on the Australian periodicaFrom dinky (“tiny and cute”). The word was coined by an artist on the Australian periodical The Bulletin in the 1920s.
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