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dimber dambers

dimber dambers is the plural of dimber damber.

Meaning of dimber damber

Noun

dimber damber (plural dimber dambers)

  1. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) The leader of a group of thieves or vagrants.
    • First, a new name is given him, by which he is ever after to be called; then, standing up in the middle of the assembly, and directing his face to the dimber damber, or principal man of the gang, he repeats the following oath, which is dictated to him by some experienced member of the fraternity.1812, Robert Goadby, The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew, new edition, original published 1745, W. Salter Tiverton, page 280
    Synonyms:
    criminal leader

Noun capitalized: Dimber Dambers

Dimber Dambers

  1. (plural) plural of Dimber Damber

Questions about dimber dambers

What is dimber dambers the plural of?
Dimber dambers is the plural of dimber damber.
What part of speech is dimber dambers?
Dimber dambers is a noun.

Words near dimber dambers in the dictionary

  1. dimazole
  2. dimber
  3. dimber cove
  4. dimber coves
  5. dimber damber
  6. dimber dambers
  7. dimber mort
  8. dimber morts
  9. dimber-damber
  10. dimber-dambers
  11. dimbilal

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