tinkle-down
adj1
Economics, Sciences Modification of the term "trickle-down" to criticize what is felt to be the failings of the latter, with implication that what might be passed down from the rich to the poor is minimal or undesirable.
- America has been practicing “tinkle-down” economics for years, and it has failed us.2008 August 22, Jim Hightower, “More Tinkle-down Economics”, in Texas Observer:
- It’s called “Tinkle Down Economics,” how prosperity gets passed on to the deserving, who should never look up during these troubled times.2018 November, Ed Spivey Jr., “Deep Breath...”, in Sojourners: