didapper
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of didapper
1400–50; late Middle English dydoppar; shortened form of dive-dapper; dap
Example Sentences
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Didapper, did′ap-ėr, n. a water-bird that is constantly dipping or diving under water—also called the Dabchick.
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The night-adventures at Lady Booby’s with Beau Didapper, and the amiable Slipslop, are the most ludicrous; and that with the huntsman, who draws off the hounds from the poor Parson, because they would be spoiled by following vermin, the most profound.
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His vacations were spent on the river where he learned to handle a canoe and skiff; and before he was fourteen could swim and dive like a didapper.
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While J. W. was not less problematical—now an Eel, and now a Didapper.
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Persons who observe them, as they fly, call to mind how Æsacus, the son of Priam, was changed into a sea bird, called the didapper.
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