"dimber mort" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dimber morts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dimber mort (plural dimber morts)
  1. (archaic, UK, thieves' cant) A pretty girl. Tags: UK, archaic Synonyms: beautiful woman Related terms: dimber cove
    Sense id: en-dimber_mort-en-noun--4DrUxYh Categories (other): British English, English Thieves' Cant, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1837, Benjamin Disraeli, Venetia",
          "text": "Tip me the clank, like a dimber mort as you are; trim a ken for the gentry cove; he is no lanspresado, or I am a kinchin.",
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          "ref": "1988, Timberlake Wertenbaker, Our Country's Good, act 2, scene 1",
          "text": "Liz, he says, why trine for a make, when you can wap for a winne. I'm no dimber mort, I says. Don't ask you to be a swell mollisher, sister, coves want Miss Laycock, don't look at your mug. So I begin to sell my mother of saints.",
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          "ref": "2015, Erica Monroe, Beauty and the Rake",
          "text": "Look at 'er, Jay, 'ave ye ever seen a better dimber mort?",
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