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dimpsy

dimpsy is the alternative form of dimpsey.

Meaning of dimpsey

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

Questions about dimpsy

What is dimpsy the alternative form of?
Dimpsy is the alternative form of dimpsey.

Words near dimpsy in the dictionary

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

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