Phrases & SayingsEveryday life
dinkum oil
Also: the dinkum oil, give us the dinkum oil
The genuine truth or reliable inside information.
In a sentence
Give me the dinkum oil—what really happened?
Where it came from
Dinkum oil is a distinctive Australian idiom in the dinkum family and has a stable historical life.
- Initial era
- 1900–1949
- Where used
- Australia-wide