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Dapper Dan

Dapper Dan noun: a man who dresses and is groomed in a fancy, elegant, or fastidious manner.

Noun

Dapper Dan (plural Dapper Dans)

  1. (informal) A man who dresses and is groomed in a fancy, elegant, or fastidious manner.
    • Timothy C. Kelly cultivated a taste for the chivalry and silk handkerchiefs of his parents' generation. "He was a man who enjoyed the finer things in life," said his wife, Julie. ". . . He was a Dapper Dan."2001 December 18, “Timothy C. Kelly: A Dapper Throwback”, in New York Times, retrieved 12 Dec 2012
    • “We call him Dapper Dan,” the chief pointed to a well-dressed man wearing a white shirt, tie, and a three-piece pin-striped suit.2010, Charles F. Lee, The Adventures of Ickle, Packy, Pickle and Gooch, →ISBN, page 49

Forms of Dapper Dan

pluralDapper Dans

Questions about Dapper Dan

What does Dapper Dan mean?
Dapper Dan means a man who dresses and is groomed in a fancy, elegant, or fastidious manner.
What part of speech is Dapper Dan?
Dapper Dan is a noun.
What is the plural of Dapper Dan?
The plural of Dapper Dan is Dapper Dans.

Words near Dapper Dan in the dictionary

  1. dappa
  2. dappas
  3. dapped
  4. dapped up
  5. dapper
  6. Dapper Dan
  7. Dapper Dans
  8. dappered up
  9. dapperer
  10. dapperest
  11. dapperling

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