dimpsy
Britishnoun
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One of the poems uses all 12 words, including "dimpsy" and "mardy", and will be read out on BBC radio.
From BBC
“I wouldn’ go up thicky avenue in the dimpsy again, not for a thousand—no, I wouldn’.
From Project Gutenberg
Downling in the dimpsy, the dimpsy, the dimpsy— Downling in the dimpsy Theer went a maid wi' me.
From Project Gutenberg
Down-long in the dimpsy, the dimpsy, the dimpsy, Down-long in the dimpsy Theer went a maid wi’ me.
From Project Gutenberg
“I didn’t knaw ’e in the dimpsy light.”
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