Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A dwarf; a little fellow.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun r. A dwarf; a dandiprat.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun rare, archaic A dwarf; a dandiprat.

Etymologies

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dapper +‎ -ling

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Examples

  • May the gods continue to make: dice-weir boxes superconfident low-level telepathic peccable language identical daydreamers dapperling Moadex re-do do’d denotating bike rustre mini cacophonious calmative worrywart, deck saga, novel sun scrogs unlikes a consortium of cliffs: Kenneth Goldsmith pride of place and joy to us here at hear right writing official counsel, dual reasoning: who deserves Pliny who’d answer their prayers if he could and

    “Name, a novel” by Toadex Hobogrammathon : Kenneth Goldsmith : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007

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