didapper

[dahy-dap-er] /ˈdaɪˌdæp ər/

noun

a dabchick.

Origin of didapper

late Middle English

1400-1450

1400-50; late Middle English dydoppar; shortened form of dive-dapper; see dap

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didapper, did′ap-ėr, n. a water-bird that is constantly dipping or diving under water—also called the Dabchick.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) Various
Lady Booby chid Joseph for his insult on didapper; but he answered, he would have attacked an army in the same cause.

Joseph Andrews, Vol. 2 Henry Fielding

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