"Dahlesque" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2002, Julia Eccleshare, A Guide to the Harry Potter Novels, page 36:",
          "text": "The origins of the loathsome Dursleys come directly from snobbish Dahlesque caricatures of people of limited culture and intelligence.",
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