Meaning of dimber cove | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A gentleman.
   UK, obsolete
2. A handsome man.
   UK, obsolete

Examples

“'Tis a dimber cove,' whispered one of the younger men to a companion.”

“Is it Mr. Gramp you want, m'dimber-cove?”

“"Come now, Benno my dimber cove," cried Jerry at last, "what's the game? What ha' ye brought me here for? Tip us the office!"”

“I seen his son once—Mr. Charles Avondale. Cor, he's a dimber cove! Hair like gold, and eyes as'd put blue violets to shame. He ever come here?”

“'Dimber cove, though, ain't he?'¶ 'Except his hair,' the other girl said. 'I don't care for this newfangled fashion, neither wig nor powder.'¶ 'But a fine colour,' Betsy-Ann said, thinking it would be a pity to powder such hair: like dulling a raven's wing.”

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