"dimmock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dimmocks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dimmock (plural dimmocks)
  1. (UK, slang) A foolish person; a dimwit. Tags: UK, slang
    Sense id: en-dimmock-en-noun-ktRuqMnK Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: Perhaps from dime. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} dimmock (uncountable)
  1. (slang, obsolete) Money. Tags: obsolete, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-dimmock-en-noun-J8QT-YIn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2015, Chris Martin, Inky Stevens, For Whom the School-Bell Tolls, page 73",
          "text": "\"No he wasn't! My dad said he was in Wham.\"\n\"What, your dad was?\"\n\"No, Geogre Michael, you spoff. And he wore a little white glove.\"\n\"That was Prince, you dimmock!\"",
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