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
  • [Francis Grose] (1788), “Dimber”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd corrected and enlarged edition, London: Printed for S. Hooper, […], OCLC 3138643.
  • “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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