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- noun the
time in theevening just beforedusk
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Examples
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Very nice in the dimpsey light, but stuffy in the daytime.
A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions 1886-1967 Bartimeus 1926
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"For my part, knowing all I know, I never feared the Hound's Pool," he said, "though a wisht place in the dimpsey and after dark as we know.
The Torch and Other Tales Eden Phillpotts 1911
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