dimberadj.
Rogues' Cant.
Pretty.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > pretty
gentc1275
pretty1440
jant1638
dimber1665
belle1668
genty1701
prettyish1741
maidenish-looking1789
darling1805
pooty1825
pitty1826
purty1829
mooi1850
dotey1852
cute1868
1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. sig. C8 Dimber, pretty.
1692 Coles's Eng. Dict. (new ed.) Dimber (canting) pretty.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Dimber, pretty. Dim[ber]-mort, a pretty Wench.
1837 B. Disraeli Venetia I. 149 ‘'Tis a dimber cove,’ whispered one of the younger men to a companion.
1837 B. Disraeli Venetia I. 153 Tip me the clank like a dimber [printed dimker] mort.
Derivatives
dimber-damber n. a captain of thieves or vagrants.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > company of thieves > captain of
dimber-damber1665
1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. iv. 31/1 Dimber, pretty.
1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood II. iii. v. 333 Dick Turpin must be one of us. He shall be our Dimber Damber.
1890 Daily News 1 Feb. 4/7.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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