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Dapper   /dˈæpər/   Listen
Dapper

adjective
1.
Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners.  Synonyms: dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, snappy, spiffy, spruce.  "A jaunty red hat"



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"Dapper" Quotes from Famous Books



... That dapper young gentleman, who twirls his moustache and swings his cane so jauntily upon the promenade, is an object of admiration to many; but to the man who knows the secrets of his inner life another scene is opened, and he remembers when this ...
— Bucholz and the Detectives • Allan Pinkerton

... amid the delights of a Santa Barbara spring that they were journeying in that pleasant time of year when spring travel eastward has ended, and summer travel has not yet begun.) This one other passenger was a little man of dapper build and dapper dress, whose curiously-shaped articles of luggage betokened his connection with commercial affairs. Grace was forced to own, as she now for the first time regarded him attentively, that he did not seem to be wrought of the stern stuff ...
— A Border Ruffian - 1891 • Thomas A. Janvier

... away. Here one his mistress courts; another dances; A third incites to lust by wanton glances. This wastes the day in dressing; the other seeks To set fresh colours on her with red cheeks, That, when the sun declines, some dapper spark May take her to Spring Garden or the park. Plays some frequent, and balls; others their prime Consume at dice; some bowl away their time. With cards some wholly captivated are; From tables others scarce an hour can spare. One to soft music mancipates his ear; At shovel-board ...
— The History of Thomas Ellwood Written by Himself • Thomas Ellwood

... exquisite embroideries, and this may mean that some part of his art was inherited. She handled lovely colours, and tried to fashion beautiful flower shapes for customers. She was a fragile, tender sort of woman, while the father was doubtless a dapper, ...
— Pictures Every Child Should Know • Dolores Bacon

... delight were on the children's faces, as they watched the motorists alight. The dapper man and the slight little woman were given small attention, for in the car were two of the tiniest, dearest midgets that anybody had ever seen. As soon as it was known that they were actually coming into the ...
— Polly of Lady Gay Cottage • Emma C. Dowd


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