ridgy-didge

Alternative forms

 * ridgy didge

Etymology
Fanciful diminutive of obsolete. Australian from 1953.

Adjective

 * 1)  Genuine, authentic, true; honest, upright.
 * Are you ridgy-didge? - Do you really mean that? Are you telling the truth?
 * 1)  Good, fine.
 * 2) * 2001, Bryce Courtenay, Four Fires, Volume 1, 2010, Large print edition, page 278,
 * Sit them in the dam, wait for the fire to pass over, everything will be ridgy-didge.
 * 1)  Good, fine.
 * 2) * 2001, Bryce Courtenay, Four Fires, Volume 1, 2010, Large print edition, page 278,
 * Sit them in the dam, wait for the fire to pass over, everything will be ridgy-didge.

Synonyms

 * dinkum, dinky-die, fair dinkum, for real