dimber
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dimber (comparative more dimber, superlative most dimber)
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Pretty; neat.
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- [Francis Grose] (1788) “Dimber”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, London: […] S. Hooper, […], →OCLC.
- Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “dimber”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volumes I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 310.
- John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1891) “dimber”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume II, [London: […] Harrison and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 287.
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary (where it is described as "Worcestershire, but old cant")