Meaning of damber | Babel Free

Definitions

A rascal; a dishonest person; a man belonging to a criminal gang.

UK, obsolete

Examples

“Happen⟳ we seen there was a damber in the ruffmans, and since we'd no yen t' deck the chates, we'd ha' binged a wast but for the rhino we was promised.”

“The gallows laugh⟳ is the dying man's joke, or famous last⟳ words. As already noted, the crowds of spectators at Tyburn or Newgate hangings in the eighteenth century used to admire people who died laughing: 'I was the capper, see⟳,' says Daniel Then. 'We had the cull all set⟳ up and then something went wrong. The others got away but I got nabbed, ha ha ha!' And 'Ha, ha ha,' roars the crowd in appreciation of the jest as the trap⟳ is sprung, 'the damber died game.'”

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