rinky-tink, a. slang (chiefly U.S.).
(ˈrɪŋkɪtɪŋk)
[Imitative: cf. prec. and tink int. and n.]
Designating a jazz or ragtime piano on which simple, repetitive tunes are played; tinkling, jangling. Cf. ricky-tick a.
| 1962 E. Lucia Klondike Kate ii. 34 A rinky-tink piano or a scratchy gramophone had its intoxicating effect upon her. 1974 News & Courier (Charleston, S. Carolina) 25 Apr. 5-a/1 Scott Joplin played his toe-tappers on a rinky-tink piano. 1975 J. Gores Hammett (1976) i. 12 A rinky-tink piano was bashing out ‘Ja-Da’. |