See dapper in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "Dapper Dan"
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"word": "dapperling"
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"word": "dapperness"
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"ref": "1892, Henry Seton Merriman, The Slave Of The Lamp:",
"text": "This entrance is through a little courtyard, in which is the stable and coach-house combined, where Madame Perinere, a lady who paints the magic word \"Modes\" beneath her name on the door-post of number seventeen, keeps the dapper little cart and pony which carry her bonnets to the farthest corner of Paris.",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "spretnat",
"sense": "neat, trim",
"word": "спретнат"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "neat, trim",
"word": "整潔俐落"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhěngjié lìluò",
"sense": "neat, trim",
"word": "整洁俐落"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "neat, trim",
"word": "huoliteltu"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "neat, trim",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "fringant"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "neat, trim",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sémillant"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "neat, trim",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "atilado"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "neat, trim",
"tags": [
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"word": "relambido"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "neat, trim",
"tags": [
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"word": "nidio"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "neat, trim",
"tags": [
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"word": "desenxovallado"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "neat, trim",
"word": "pioctha"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "oprjátnyj",
"sense": "neat, trim",
"word": "опря́тный"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "akkurátnyj",
"sense": "neat, trim",
"word": "аккура́тный"
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"code": "es",
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"word": "pulcro"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "neat, trim",
"word": "atildado"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dokaran",
"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"word": "докаран"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "eleganten",
"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"word": "елегантен"
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"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
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"code": "yue",
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"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"word": "端莊企理"
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"word": "端庄企理"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "yīguānchǔchǔ",
"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"word": "衣冠楚楚"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chuānzhuó kǎojiu",
"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"word": "穿著考究"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"word": "úhledný"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"word": "stijlvol"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"word": "elegant"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "chic"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"word": "huoliteltu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"word": "chic"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aposto"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aroso"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "bemposto"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "farfantón"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"word": "pioctha"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"word": "elegante"
},
{
"alt": "おしゃれ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "oshare",
"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"word": "お洒落"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "elegancki"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "szykowny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"word": "elegante"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ščegolevatyj",
"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"word": "щеголеватый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "elegántnyj",
"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"word": "элега́нтный"
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"word": "spaideil"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"word": "apuesto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"word": "gallardo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"word": "elegante"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
"word": "elegant"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podvižen",
"sense": "quick and active",
"word": "подвижен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "energičen",
"sense": "quick and active",
"word": "енергичен"
}
],
"word": "dapper"
}
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