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dapperling|ˈdæpəlɪŋ| [f. dapper a. + -ling: cf. weakling.] A little dapper fellow.
1611Cotgr., Nambot, a dwarfe; elfe, little starueling; a dandiprat, or low dapperling. 1829Carlyle Signs of Times Misc. (1888) II. 246 An intellectual dapperling of these times. 1881P. Bayne in Lit. World 14 Jan. 26/1 She loves Anthony, a dappperling in person. |