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dimpsey

dimpsey noun: the time in the evening just before dusk.

Noun

dimpsey

  1. (Cornwall, Devon, UK, West-Country, Somerset) The time in the evening just before dusk.
    • She sat telling with the old Jane a good two hours, for 'twas getting dimpsey when she started up hill to Grange, and that she took easy as she was getting a bit stoutish, and it made her bad to hurry.1896, Gratiana Longworth Knocker, “Of the Evil Doings of Nance Darvel”, in The Witch of Withyford, page 11
    • If we two poor wayfarers could have sat quietly beside each other and chatted in 'e dimpsey light, it would not have been a bit bad, but there was something eternally doing.1910, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Mary Findlater, Jane Findlater, Allan McAulay, chapter VI, in The Affair at the Inn

Questions about dimpsey

What does dimpsey mean?
Dimpsey means the time in the evening just before dusk.
What part of speech is dimpsey?
Dimpsey is a noun.

Words near dimpsey in the dictionary

  1. dimpling
  2. dimplingly
  3. dimplings
  4. dimply
  5. dimps
  6. dimpsey
  7. dimpsy
  8. dimpylate
  9. dims
  10. dimsome
  11. dimuon

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