dimber

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɪm.bə/

Adjective

dimber (comparative more dimber, superlative most dimber)

  1. (obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) Pretty; neat.

Derived terms

References

  • Grose, Francis (1788) A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue‎, 2nd edition, London: S. Hooper
  • “dimber” in Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors, A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant, volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: The Ballantyne Press, 1889–1890, page 310.
  • Farmer, John Stephen (1891) Slang and Its Analogues‎, volume 2, page 287
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