Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dimber damber

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dim-ber -damber
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The leader of a group of thieves or vagrants.

British usage; Obsolete

noun

Alternative form of dimber damber.

Example Sentences

"First, a new name is given him, by which he is ever after to be called; then, standing up in the middle of the assembly, and directing his face to the dimber damber, or principal man of the gang, he repeats the following oath, which is dictated to him by some experienced member of the fraternity."
"Dick Turpin must be one of us. He shall be our dimber damber."
"Smasher has the ear of every dimber damber in the city."
""No, no refusal," exclaimed a chorus of voices. "Dick Turpin must be one of us. He shall be our Dimber Damber.""
"By the Rom-pad maundred none In quarrons both for stamp and bone, Like my Clapperdogeon! Dimber Damber fare thee well, Pallyards all thou didst excel;"
"Sung on the electing of a new Dimber Damber, or King of the Gypsies,"

Usage

British usage
Obsolete

Inflected Forms

dimber dambers (plural) dimber-damber (alternative)

Synonyms

criminal leader

Questions

What does dimber damber mean?: The leader of a group of thieves or vagrants.

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