单词 | dimber |
释义 | ˈdimber, a. Rogues' Cant. Pretty.
1671R. Head Eng. Rogue i. v. (1874) 48 (Farmer). 1692Coles, Dimber (canting) pretty. a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Dimber, pretty. Dim[ber]-mort, a pretty Wench. 1837Disraeli Venetia i. xiv., ‘'Tis a dimber cove’, whispered one of the younger men to a companion. Ibid. Tip me the clank like a dimber mort. Hence dimber-damber, a captain of thieves or vagrants.
1671R. Head Eng. Rogue i. v. (1874) 48 (Farmer). 1834H. Ainsworth Rookwood iii. v. (Farmer), Dick Turpin must be one of us. He shall be our Dimber Damber. 1890Daily News 1 Feb. 4/7. |

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