Dark, dirty, or shabby in appearance; somewhat dingy.
Variant spelling of dingy, which likely derives from 'dinge' (grime) with the suffix '-y' (having the quality of).
Dingey appears to be an alternate spelling of dingy, reflecting regional pronunciation differences—some English speakers might pronounce dingy with the 'j' sound more pronounced, so they spelled it phonetically as 'dingey.'
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