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dimber mort en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (UK, archaic, qualifier:thieves' cant) A pretty girl.
   • Look'ee Benno, if you're a-hiding of some dimber mort aloft there I'm the cove to—— 1918, Jeffery Farnol, Our Admirable Betty:
   • Liz, he says, why trine for a make, when you can wap for a winne. I'm no dimber mort, I says. Don't ask you to be a swell mollisher, sister, coves want Miss Laycock, don't look at your mug. So I begin to sell my mother of saints. 1988, Timberlake Wertenbaker, Our Country's Good, act 2, scene 1:
   • Tip me the clank, like a dimber mort as you are; trim a ken for the gentry cove; he is no lanspresado, or I am a kinchin. 1837, Benjamin Disraeli, Venetia:
   • Look at 'er, Jay, 'ave ye ever seen a better dimber mort? 2015, Erica Monroe, Beauty and the Rake:

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Relateds

dimber cove

Synonyms

beautiful woman